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Raskolnikov, an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions.

Story of an obsessive love between a mother and daughter and its connection to a series of deaths near a remote English manor.

Presents two novels by Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness", in which Marlow experiences the depths of moral depravity as he travels through a dangerous jungle, and "The Secret Sharer", which recounts a young sea captain's first command through the Gulf of Siam, where he must face the demons of his unconscious mind.

Dexter, a serial killer who limits his victims to other killers, bides his time between murders by working as a blood splatter analyst for the Miami Police Department, and dating Rita, the single mother of two children, but he is faced with a challenge when a psychopath arrives in town and his sister, a newly-minted Miami detective, becomes involved in the case.

A graphic adaptation of the Russian novel, here set in twenty-first-century St.

In the first chapter of this haunting novel, 14-year-old Susie Salmon looks down from heaven and describes the horrifying events of her murder.

In two related narratives Krista Diehl and Aaron Kruller describe their emotions and opinions about the murder of Aaron's mother, Zoe, each blaming the other person's father for the killing and eventually coming to terms with their obsession over the case and one another.

When his brief romance with nurse Jocelyn Banks is cut short by her kidnapping and brutal murder, Dr.

"When [nanny] Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.

A teen boy in upstate New York begins breaking into homes and hacking the owners' computers to learn their secrets; sometimes he even shares the secrets in prank emails.

Maggie Holt's father bequeaths an old Victorian mansion to her after he dies--a mansion that is supposedly haunted.

"In a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write.

Having come into unexpected money due to a generous aunt's will, Wendy Thornton's dream of buying The Ashes, a house and property out in the country she thinks could become her family dream home, given enough love and work.