Dakota Crow has been murdered, her body dumped in a lonely part of the woods, and nobody knows but her and her killer.
Stranded in Purgatory, a rotting hotel on the edge of forever, with no memory of her death, Dakota knows she must have done something bad to be down among murderers and rapists. To get to somewhere safer, she must hide from the shadowy stranger stalking her through the corridors of the hotel, and find out how to repent for her sins.
But first she must re-live her life.
Soon she will learn about her double life, a damaging love affair, terrible secrets, and lies that led to her violent death.
Dakota must face her own demons, and make amends for her own crimes before she can solve her murder and move on.
But when she finds out what she did wrong, will she be sorry?
Sometimes the dead come back. And sometimes all they want is to hurt you.
When residents on an east London housing estate start dying in gruesome ways, housing manager Ada begins to worry that her past is coming back to haunt her.
Once a powerful medium, able to talk to the dead with amazing ease, she became more comfortable with the afterlife than real life, and with that openness she attracted something dark from the other side. Terrified by the experience she swore she would never communicate with the dead again.
Ten years later at the scene of an apparent suicide, her long closed-down connection to the dead is reopened, and she begins to receive information she shouldn’t know about the victims’ final moments.
Stalked in her dreams and in waking life by an angry male presence, Ada begins to relive the dark days when something from the other side wanted her to end her life.
But as the bodies stack up and the visions intensify, Ada realises that in order to stop more people from dying she has to let the dead back in to find out the truth of what is driving her residents to violent acts – and face up to her own ghosts.
Darkness lurks beneath London’s glittering surface…
Discover London’s dark side in a new collection of short stories written by award-winning and international bestselling authors!
Let us take you from Golders Green, in a tale of redemption, to Hope’s End, the final stop on a rambling Tube ride.
Then head to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel where you learn of an unforeseen murder – and not only one, as women fall prey to the most brutal crimes!
Onwards, we head to the shores of the River Thames, where a young girl fears a sea monster and always carries a knife. Then you visit a pub where the owner is losing the plot.
A Tube ride with an unexpected twist leads to a vision from the past. Then we introduce you to a ghost who stalks her friends.
Lastly, discover the splendour of Westminster Palace, but is it a safe place for a woman with her sights on the English throne?
Dark London Volume One: nine gripping short stories that leave you gasping for breath as London’s dark side is revealed!
Venice – a series of unusual events reveal the dark side of the celebrated city built on shifting ground…
Discover Dark Venice in our collection of short stories written by award-winning and international bestselling authors!
As we cross the many bridges, and peek into murky canals, into Venice’s dark underbelly, follow chilling tales of ghostly shenanigans, political horrors, and intriguing mysteries!
Hundreds of years from now, Venice has sunk to the bottom of the sea, yet it is still capable of seducing a random traveller with its hypnotic charm. But there is a price to pay for feasting on its beauty!
We follow a young woman who searches Venice after dark after her best friend disappears, but the investigation is haunted by disturbing calls from the missing girl’s mobile phone.
Delve into the early 20th century when fascism gathers support across northern Italy. The discovery of a young woman’s dead body in a lagoon reveals a sinister plot way beyond Francesco di Luca’s imagination.
Reunited with her best friend Cindy Nix, notorious serial killer, Apple Rose, settles in the beautiful city of Venice. But a specter from the past returns, and it won’t be long before they have to reckon with a bloody choice made long ago.
On her honeymoon in Venice, a young newlywed navigates the city’s winding streets and canals. The last thing she expects is to be haunted by an insidious entity known only through folklore as the poverella.
We encounter a Tarot card reader, who reluctantly becomes involved in deception, smuggling – and murder!
Then, while in Venice to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, Greg leaves Sally to spend an afternoon by herself in the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum, where a mysterious invention reveals secrets about her marriage she had never dared to contemplate.
Journey to another Venice! For years, Venice Harbor has been rumored to be cursed, and it is now widely known as Devil’s Town. When an epidemic hits the island, Doctor Harvey Hardy is chosen to treat the natives of Devil’s Town. However, strange things happen as soon as he arrives, which ultimately places his life in jeopardy.
The irrefutable truth… When you have experienced this kind of love, nothing, not even death, can change it.
Simone stumbles upon a couple violently fighting in a dark Venetian alley one night, which triggers haunting and painful memories best left forgotten. Can she reconcile the woman she has become with a younger self, who had been brimming with brazen moxie and big dreams?
Two women – a British pianist and her Venetian tour guide – are only just getting to know each other when calamity strikes. Neither can extricate them from the situation alone, but together, they may have a chance.
A young writer travels round Italy in search of inspiration for his work. On arriving in Venice, what he finds will change his life for ever.
Anne-Marie Ormsby 