Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.

Du verdienst den Tod Du verabscheust deinen Nachbarn? Du hast eine offene Rechnung mit deiner Ex-Frau? Du hasst deinen Chef? So sehr, dass du ihm den Tod wünscht? Dann setze ihn auf unsere Liste und warte, ob die anderen User für ihn voten. Aber überlege es dir gut, denn manchmal werden Wünsche erfüllt... Als der Hamburger Kriminalkommissar Daniel Buchholz zu einem Tatort auf einem verlassenen Fabriksgelände gerufen wird, findet er dort nicht nur eine entsetzlich zugerichtete Leiche, sondern trifft auch auf eine neue Kollegin: Nina Salomon. Die beiden geraten sofort aneinander, denn der überkorrekte Buchholz zuckt schon beim Anblick eines ungebügelten Kragens zusammen - Salomon dagegen nimmt es mit Konventionen aller Art nicht so genau. Dafür verfügt sie über einen sicheren Instinkt und kommt sehr schnell einem Internetforum auf die Spur, das seinen Mitgliedern ein Spiel besonderer Art bietet: Sie dürfen Menschen, denen sie den Tod wünschen, auf eine Liste setzen, und die Forenuser stimmen dann über den "Gewinner" ab. Der Tote auf dem Fabriksgelände war der erste, der gewählt wurde, und die nächste Spielrunde läuft bereits. Doch alle Versuche der Polizei, den Betreiber zu lokalisieren oder das Forum vom Netz zu nehmen, schlagen fehl, denn die Seite befindet sich im sogenannten Darknet, wo kaum Regeln gelten - bis auf eine: Anonymität...

This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet they are all lies... You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. That's where you're wrong. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried. But it's not what you think...

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for. At once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the rise of the empress In-yo, who has few resources and fewer friends. She's a northern daughter in a mage-made summer exile, but she will bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by piece.

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions for becoming “lion women.” But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives. Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences. Written with Marjan Kamali’s signature “evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful” (Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light) prose, The Lion Women of Tehran is a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young, and the way love and courage transforms our lives.