Andrew Pyper is an author whose works delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche and the supernatural. His novels often explore the boundaries between reality and horror, confronting characters with otherworldly forces and their own inner demons. Pyper's style is characterized by a chilling atmosphere and psychological depth, drawing readers into unsettling narratives. His writing offers profound insights into human nature and moral complexities.
There's no such thing as an empty house... Don't all kids think there's a haunted house in their neighbourhood? Can you remember yours? What if, as a child, you knew something bad really had happened in that house? What if you actually saw it? Then you tried to forget it for the next thirty years? And then, one day, you had to go back inside that house? Andrew Pyper's THE GUARDIANS is a ghost story for grown-ups. Prepare to enter the Thurman House on Caledonia Street. You have been warned...
Instant National Bestseller Bestselling author Andrew Pyper returns with a riveting psychological thriller about how the people you’ve known your whole life can suddenly become strangers. What if everything you knew about the people you loved was a lie? After the death of their absentee father, Aaron and Bridge Quinlan travel to a vast rainforest property in the Pacific Northwest to hear the reading of his will. There, they meet up with their mother and troubled sister, Franny, and are shocked to discover the will’s terms: in order to claim their inheritance they must all remain at the estate for thirty days without any contact with the outside world. Despite their concerns, they agree. The Quinlans soon come to learn their family has more secrets than they ever imagined—revelations that at first inspire curiosity, then fear. Why does Bridge have faint memories of the estate? Why did their father want them to be sequestered there together? And what is out there they feel pulling them into the dark heart of the woods? The Homecoming is at once a gripping mystery, a chilling exploration of how our memories can both define and betray us, and a riveting page-turner that will have you questioning your very existence.
When hotshot lawyer Bartholomew Crane is despatched to a lakeside town in northern Ontario with a brief to defend a schoolteacher accused of murdering two teenaged girls, he assumes it will be an open-and-shut case.
The desperate search for his missing daughter will take a father to hell and back... The unsettling, unique and utterly compelling new novel from bestselling author of LOST GIRLS. Professor David Ullman is a world authority on demonic literature. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon' he accepts, taking his daughter, Tess, with him. But in Venice, things take a sinister, terrifying turn when a man speaks in the voice of David's dead father, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Then Tess disappears before his eyes. Yet as she falls into the waters of the Grand Canal, she pleads with her father: 'Find me...'
Kanadischer Autor, geb. 1968. - Marcus Wallace und Marcus Paley, beide 24, beste Freunde seit ihrer gemeinsamen Zeit auf einer kanadischen Eliteschule, sind erfolgreiche Jungunternehmer. Ein Computerprogramm hat ihnen einen Millionenerfolg auf dem Aktienmarkt beschert. Deshalb reisen sie als Teil einer kanadischen Handelsmission nach Brasilien. Teil des Programmes ist eine Fahrt auf dem Amazonas, die sich zu einem wahren Horrortrip entwickelt: Ihr Boot wird entführt, Wallace, Paley und die anderen in einem Camp festgehalten und gefoltert. Als einigen von ihnen die dramatische Flucht gelingt und sie orientierungslos auf dem Amazonas treiben, wird schnell klar: Wer überleben will, muss dafür vielleicht sogar seinen besten Freund opfern ...
Hochspannung bis zur letzten Seite! Der Journalist Patrick Rush träumt davon, ein berühmter Bestsellerautor zu werden. Wie groß die Konkurrenz ist, merkt er jedoch, als er an einem Schreibkurs teilnimmt. Besonders fasziniert ihn die Geschichte von Angela, denn sie erzählt auf packende Weise vom Sandmann, der kleinen Kindern erscheint und sie dann grausam tötet. Als wenig später in Toronto drei Leichen gefunden werden, deren Mörder unter dem Decknamen 'Sandmann' auftritt, ist Patrick zutiefst entsetzt. Für ihn ist klar – Angelas Geschichte muss der Schlüssel zu den Morden sein. Doch noch ehe er sie dazu befragen kann, kommt sie bei einem mysteriösen Autounfall ums Leben …
