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Ira Levin

    August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007

    Ira Levin was a master of suspense and horror, whose works were renowned for their meticulous construction and unsettling atmosphere. Often likened to a 'Swiss watchmaker,' Levin expertly wove elements of suspense, psychological dread, and social commentary into narratives that resonated with contemporary anxieties. His ability to tap into the darker aspects of human nature and society earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated readership. Levin's stories frequently explore the boundaries of morality and the insidious nature of evil within seemingly ordinary settings.

    Ira Levin
    BlackBirds: The Boys from Brazil
    Veronica's room : a thriller in two acts
    Rosemary's Baby
    The Boys from Brazil (Level 4 Reader)
    A Kiss Before Dying
    Veronica's Room
    • Veronica's Room

      • 56 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      This chilling mystery thriller by the author of Rosemary's Baby explores the thin line between fantasy and reality, madness and murder. Students Susan and Larry find themselves as guests enticed to the Brabissant mansion by it's dissolute caretakers the lonely Mackeys. Struck by Susan's strong resemblance to Veronica Brabissant, long- dead daughter of the family for whom they work, the older couple gradually induce her to impersonate Veronica briefly to solace the only living Brabissant, her addled sister who believes Veronica alive. Once dressed in Veronica's clothes, Susan finds herself locked in the role and locked in Veronica's room. Or is she Veronica, in 1935, pretending to be an imaginary Susan?

      Veronica's Room
      4.0
    • A Kiss Before Dying

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      KISS BEFORE DYING (HEINEMANN ELT GUIDED READERS) (map)

      A Kiss Before Dying
      4.1
    • The Boys from Brazil (Level 4 Reader)

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      It is 1974, but for Dr Mengele and his group of Nazis, World War II is not yet over. They have a terrible plan to conquer the world, but how does it involve a group of boys that come from different countries, yet all look exactly the same? Only one man can find out.

      The Boys from Brazil (Level 4 Reader)
      4.0
    • Rosemary's Baby

      • 319 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Young wife Rosemary Woodhouse is drawn into a nightmare when she is selected by a coven to bear the son of Satan.

      Rosemary's Baby
      4.1
    • Thriller New Revised Edition 2 male, 2 female Interior Set This chilling mystery thriller by the author of Rosemary's Baby explores the thin line between fantasy and reality, madness and murder. Students Susan and Larry find themselves as guests enticed to the Brabissant mansion by it's dissolute caretakers the lonely Mackeys. Struck by Susan's strong resemblance to Veronica Brabissant, long- dead daughter of the family for whom they work, the o

      Veronica's room : a thriller in two acts
      4.0
    • BlackBirds: The Boys from Brazil

      • 255 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Alive and hiding in South America, the fiendish Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for a horrifying project—the creation of the Fourth Reich. Barry Kohler, a young investigative journalist, gets wind of the project and informs famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman, but before he can relay the evidence, Kohler is killed. Thus Ira Levin opens one of the strangest and most masterful novels of his career. Why has Mengele marked a number of harmless aging men for murder? What is the hidden link that binds them? What interest can they possibly hold for their killers: six former SS men dispatched from South America by the most wanted Nazi still alive, the notorious "Angel of Death"? One man alone must answer these questions and stop the killings—Lieberman, himself aging and thought by some to be losing his grip on reality. At the heart of The Boys from Brazil lies a frightening contemporary nightmare, chilling and all too possible.

      BlackBirds: The Boys from Brazil
      3.7
    • The Boys from Brazil

      • 268 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      The classic thriller of Dr. Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich.

      The Boys from Brazil
      4.0
    • A hugely popular stage and screen success, this ingeniously constructed play offers a rare and skilful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients - gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter. Unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson has sent his new thriller to award-winning Broadway author Sidney for comment - or has he...-2 women, 3 men

      Death Trap
      3.7
    • The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.” The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp’s will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night.

      This Perfect Day
      3.9