Leonid Andreyev’s work continues to spark debate among critics. For some, his writings represent ‘exemplary depravity’; others discern in them ‘a powerful breath of talent.’ But what was the writer truly like—a cold cynic or a sensitive, vulnerable soul? Why, despite being a patriot, did he reject the Revolution? Why did he attempt suicide? The answers lie in this new biography.

On a winter night on a deserted road, two unemployed computer programmers strike a man with their car. Beside the body, they discover a bag containing two million euros; without a second thought, they flee the scene—taking the money with them. The very next day, the body of a girl—blind since birth and the daughter of a wealthy couple—is found in an abandoned warehouse. What if the money was a...

Auschwitz, 1943. It’s snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp, finds the body of an SS officer. Detective Hugo Fischer is sent to investigate the unexplained death of the renowned Nazi. But Hugo is hiding a secret – he is suffering from a degenerative disease. The only way for him to survive is to give his support to...

It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru’s brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house,...

Nine-year-old Mathias is constantly haunted by dreams of the Silent Lady—she does him no harm, yet she appears every night, watching him with a sorrowful gaze and remaining utterly mute; now, he is terrified to fall asleep. Exhausted and desperate, his parents turn to Pietro Gerber—a Florentine hypnotist specializing in trauma therapy for children. Gerber agrees to help, only to find himself...

David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love—until one fateful night when David woke to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall.