Down These Mean Streets
In the aftermath of his mentor's death, grad student Adler is left to piece together—and clean up—the project she left behind: an adaptive and increasingly malevolent artificial intelligence, kept locked in a virtual "box" that’s no longer quite enough to keep him in check. As he tries to manage the AI and continue Dr. Kent's research, Adler soon discovers her sociopathic creation is determined to escape his enclosure to wreak havoc on the outside world.
Dangerous Games (Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair, #3)
by Michael Prescott
“This psychologically complex thriller features a serial killer who’s all the more terrifying because of his basic ordinariness; he’s Everyman, twisted.” —Publishers Weekly Maverick FBI special agent Tess McCallum (nicknamed “Super Fed” by an adoring media, the central investigator in previous novel Next Victim) is back, and she has got a new partner—one she does not want and does not trust. She is chasing a vicious kidnapper known as the “Rain Man,” who leaves his victims chained up in a va...
Ten astronauts. An imposter determined to kill them all. Welcome to the deadliest spaceship of all time. The intrigue of everyone’s favorite video game comes to life in this unofficial Among Us adventure. V is a young astronaut ready for any challenge that comes his way. His next assignment: locate and repair the Skeld, a well-known international spaceship that has been navigating on pilot mode for years. Ten astronauts from around the world are tasked with this crucial mission. They must check...
Ever since its first appearance in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has proved itself to be a tale of undiminished power for readers all over the world. It remains one of the great masterpieces of psychological fiction and yet it is not alone in Stevenson's work, for he had explored similar themes in several other stories too, all inextricably linked with his native country. This collection makes a strong case for the essentially Scottish origins of Stevenson...
Pinup Noir 3 (Raconteur Press Anthologies, #22)
by Lee Allred, Robert McDonald, and Sam Nettles