検索キーワード： 著者 "Stephen Roberts" すべてのカテゴリー

Imagine Monty Python writes horror...Welcome to the wonderfully horrific world of Bizarro - that dark, forbidding corner of the horror genre where absolutely anything goes and one may delve into the farthest recesses of the authors' warped imaginations. Prepare yourself, dear listener, for a journey into the unknown reaches of terror, from which you can only hope you will return with your sanity intact...

Texas Hold ’em in paradise. A table full of suspects. The minimum bet could cost him his life. PI Edgar Allan “Poe” Rutherford is tired of taking down murderers. So when a detective comes to him with a suspicious case of a millionaire who drove off a Maui cliff, he declines her request for help. But when the victim’s scorned lover demands money in exchange for information, Poe is pulled back into the game. Demanding answers from the selfish vulture, the relentless private eye uncovers a connection to a high-seas, high-stakes illicit poker ring.

The war with the Xhoseti is over. The pyramid weapon is exhausted. As mankind rebuilds civilization, the need for clean energy becomes paramount. The Grand Master, with help from the Guardians, build a power plant on the Moon, but all is not as it seems. Deep inside tunnels beneath the Moon’s surface hide the last of the Xhoseti. They will have their revenge, no matter the cost.

Alex Penfield's gunshot wounds have healed, but the shock remains raw. Working the beat could be just what the detective needs to clear his head. But when a corpse washes up on the Chesapeake Bay, Alex's first case back could send him spiraling.... As Penfield and his partner examine the dead man's fortress of a house, an army of surveillance cameras takes the mystery to another level. When the detective sees gruesome visions that the cameras fail to capture, he begins to wonder if his past has caught up with him.

Detective Alex Penfield is no stranger to crime scenes. But when he tracks down a gruesome killer, he discovers she’s in a whole different league. And this assassin is far from alone.... It turns out that Penfield’s detective skills have uncovered a secret government program that’s better left buried. And the men and women of that program have put a target on his back. To survive the day, Penfield’s only chance is to trust a ruthless killer. He hopes his risky choice won’t be the last one he ever makes....

A cold body. A warm paradise. A murder with more than one culprit...Maui, Hawaii. Private investigator Edgar Allan “Poe” Rutherford is worried. His latest client may have committed homicide, and sharing his suspicions with his detective wife is an argument he’d rather not have. But when she arrests his new employer, catching the true perpetrator means keeping it in the family. Never one to let loose ends go untied, Poe’s off-the-record investigation uncovers another suspect connected to foul play from years before.

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death - with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, time, and the nature of our surroundings. The stories in Storm have more to say than that. Deep Blue offers compelling tales of shipwrecks and salvage, submarine adventure and free diving, nautical survival and cannibalism.

Pastor and biblical counselor Stephen Viars introduces a third way to view one's personal history-by exploring the role of the past as God intended. This motivating, compassionate resource is for anyone ready to review and release the past so that God can transform their behaviors, relationships, and their ability to hope in a future.

The Pyramids are complete. The weapons have been installed. All that remains is to stop the wars and unite mankind against the Xhoseti when they arrive. Will the Grand Master succeed with Plan “B” and finally create a united front against the insectoid invaders? War advances man’s technology. As man advances, the Xhoseti become more empowered with every human they absorb. The second book in the Xhoseti series.

Whilst surveying a seemingly unoccupied planet for Unmine, two prospectors unwittingly awaken the hibernating Xhoseti, and the war between humanoid and insectoid is re-ignited. Outright war with the Xhoseti can only end in the destruction of humanity. Will man survive the Xhoseti threat? Earth is man's last and only hope for survival. A delegation of Guardians and humans are sent to Earth who arrive 40,000 years ago. Their mission: To unite mankind into a peaceful civilisation capable of constructing pyramids to house the Guardians' weapons.

Lights. Camera. Murder. When lies become reality, can Poe find the truth before a killer strikes again? The Last Kill is the tenth standalone novel in the Murder on Maui series. If you enjoy colorful characters, a touch of humor, and plots that bend and twist like a palm tree on a windy beach, then you’ll love Robert W Stephens’ mysteries.

Edgar Allan “Poe” Rutherford is used to weathering difficult cases. And since one of the victims is his sister-in-law’s abusive ex, Poe hopes nobody looks too hard at his own compelling motive. Ignoring the sound advice to keep his nose out, Poe spars with the island’s newest police detective who seems to have her own hidden motivations, especially when she asks Poe to help with another case.

A deadly fall. A dodgy past. Can Poe uncover the truth before a match made in paradise ends in disaster? Edgar Allan “Poe” Rutherford has the luxury of picking and choosing the cases that spark his curiosity. So when his love-struck mother-in-law demands he trail her latest squeeze, he thinks he’s wasting his time. Until a mysterious woman from the boyfriend’s past falls off his balcony to her death. As he digs deeper, he discovers a chain of underground connections starting with a rising tide of corruption in Miami and washing up on Maui’s white sandy beaches.

Five years have passed since Jonathan Dunsmore's last and only best seller. Forgotten, he's lost everything including beautiful Nisha, the only woman he loved. Dangling on the brink of insanity, a stranger appears in the author’s life: a person who knows Jonathan will do anything to get Nisha back. Torn between his fear of Beckett Reed and his desire to hold Nisha again in his arms, Jonathan must become a character in his next book.

"Epic" is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster. The climb that went wrong: fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. This program offers a collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the worst possible conditions.

This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form. In Earth I, by Stephen Baxter, a search among the stars to ferret out the origins of mankind amidst the Xaian normalisation digs up many surprises. In Success, by Michael Blumlein, a brilliant but erratic biologist studying epigenetics struggles to hang onto his grip on everyday life as he writes his ground-breaking tome.

A murdered mistress. A wrongful arrest. Can Poe and Alana take down a killer from both sides of the law? Edgar Allan "Poe" Rutherford is out of the private investigator game. He couldn't stand to take another case after his last one nearly killed his wife. When he's accused of murdering his supposed mistress, he's forced back into a familiar role to prove his innocence. But can he do it from behind bars? Alana Hu knows she's too skilled of a detective for Poe to cheat and kill behind her back. But when her department forbids her from finding out who set him up, she decides to go rogue. After all, nobody messes with her man without answering to her.

Jon Drayton has no idea of the power lying dormant inside him. He had lived an ordinary life, but everything changes the night of the accident. His sister's car is demolished by a drunk driver, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. But with simply the touch of his hand, Drayton heals her. He has no idea how he did it, and soon everyone is calling it a miracle. Less than a week later, someone attempts to murder Drayton.

Born in the blazing crucible of war, but sworn to fight for peace, the mysterious obsidian aviator known only by the code name Captain Midnight flies again! An ace pilot, super secret agent, and astounding scientific genius, the heroic Captain Midnight ruled the radio airwaves and starred in comic books, film serials, and a classic television series. Now, when we need him most, he has returned, along with his legendary Secret Squadron, to battle spies, saboteurs, and the mercenary armies of the evil warmonger Ivan Shark and his delectably deadly daughter, Fury.

Rome, 1948. Twenty women are brutally murdered, their throats slit and their faces removed with surgical precision. Then the murders stop as abruptly as they started, and the horrifying crimes and their victims are lost to history. Now over 60 years later, the killings have begun again. This time in America. It's up to homicide detectives Marcus Carter and Angela Darden to stop the murders, but how can they catch a serial killer who leaves no traces of evidence and no apparent motive?