Wildside press feb 2026 (39 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A daring thief known only by a fearsome alias recruits the most unlikely of partners-a timid, down-on-his-luck ex-convict terrified of returning to prison. Together, the unlikely pair launch a campaign of audacious burglaries against the city's wealthiest citizens, staying one step ahead of a dogged police detective determined to bring them down.But the nervous accomplice is no ordinary criminal. Torn between fear of his new master's dangerous profession and gratitude for the chance at a new life, he must find courage he never knew he had. As each heist grows bolder and the detective closes in, the bond between these two men from opposite ends of society becomes the only thing keeping them from disaster.When escape seems impossible and capture certain, loyalty will be tested in ways neither man expected.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A broke, disgraced pilot is recruited by a discreet handler who outfits him in money, clothes, and access-then gives one rule: from now on, he must be a consistent loser. His job is to look rich, careless, and irresistibly exploitable, shedding cash in public games until the right observers decide he fits a certain profile. Chicago's backrooms and club floors reward performance as much as luck. Crooked dice, staged etiquette, and polite conversation mask a system built to sort victims from threats. The more convincingly he plays the fool, the more he feels unseen eyes measuring his instincts and his nerve. When a private invitation finally comes, it isn't a compliment-it's a doorway into a higher game where walking away is not guaranteed.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In a secluded New England hollow, an unexplained death unsettles a community accustomed to minding its own affairs. The event draws attention to a reclusive figure whose habits and history provoke suspicion, even as the known facts refuse to align with easy judgment.An observant outsider begins to examine the circumstances surrounding the crime, relying less on force or authority than on patience, logic, and an understanding of human nature. As testimony accumulates, it becomes clear that long-held assumptions, quiet resentments, and hidden relationships have shaped the tragedy far more than anyone wishes to admit.The investigation unfolds through careful questioning and measured inference, revealing how fear and prejudice can obscure the truth. Set against a vividly rendered rural backdrop, the narrative builds toward a resolution that challenges appearances and affirms reason over rumor, offering a refined example of early American detective fiction.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Across a string of cases set in early-twentieth-century America, a federal investigator is dispatched wherever local boundaries give criminals room to operate. A moonshine network in rough country, confidence schemes in growing cities, and border-side rackets all demand the same thing: evidence that will stand when money and intimidation close in. Each episode follows the slow, methodical work-cultivating informants, testing alibis, tracking documents, and laying traps that rely on patience more than force. The stakes rise as well-placed figures try to redirect blame and erase paper trails, turning every lead into a question of timing and proof. The result is a brisk, procedural-minded detective book built around cases that widen from one suspect to an entire system.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1950s New York, a strained relationship pushes two women toward separate lives. One wants safety and respectability, even if it means hiding in plain sight for years. The other lives on the edge, pulled toward heavy drinking and sudden anger. As the distance grows, the city closes in-police raids, gossip, and the daily pressure to pass as straight. A job, a marriage of convenience, and a new circle of friends promise cover, but they also demand silence. Across town, the bar scene offers freedom in the dark, along with danger. A risky new attraction, complicated by race and class, tests loyalties and stirs jealousy. Old wounds surface, and the line between protection and control starts to blur. Caught between love, fear, and survival, each choice carries a cost. The question is not only who to trust, but what it takes to live honestly when the truth can ruin everything.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A man convicted of manslaughter on circumstantial evidence endures years of brutal punishment in a remote prison. When a daring breakout thrusts him into freedom, he finds himself caught between the criminal underworld that shaped him and the reformers who see in him a symbol of hope.Driven by a private mission to settle old scores and prove his worth, he tracks dangerous fugitives across the country-from the lawless edges of the Southwest to the teeming streets of Chicago and New York. Along the way, he discovers an unexpected ally in the warden's daughter, whose faith in him becomes both his greatest strength and his deepest vulnerability.As powerful enemies close in and a shadowy foreign adversary threatens everything he's built, he must risk his fragile new life in one final reckoning-a midnight confrontation that will determine whether justice or vengeance claims him.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the oppressive moral climate of 1950s America, a young college dropout flees home in search of anonymity and freedom. She finds refuge in New York City's queer underground, where smoky bars and bohemian apartments offer fleeting glimpses of acceptance. When she meets an alluring older woman who lives boldly despite the risks, a transformative relationship begins-tender, volatile, and marked by the shadow of society's judgment. Torn between newfound desire and the shame she's been taught, she must decide whether hiding her truth is safer than living it.I Am a Woman is a landmark novel of queer awakening and survival in a time of silence and fear.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Behind high stone walls in rural Vermont, a grand country house promises seclusion, comfort-and secrets. When an unexpected visitor arrives with a plausible errand, the household relaxes for only a moment before everything turns wrong. A respected woman is found dead under baffling circumstances, a celebrated jewel is missing, and the visitor vanishes as if the woods swallowed him. Whispers spread about eerie music, shadowed glades, and a place locals call Spooky Hollow. With suspicion tightening around the household and every 'explanation' raising new doubts, an experienced detective is called in to separate superstition from strategy. But in a house built for privacy, which is more dangerous: the rumors of ghosts-or the very human mind behind the crime.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A private detective on the trail of a missing man is lured into a limousine by a mysterious woman who claims his case is only a loose thread in a far larger enigma. Blindfolded and taken to a hidden lair of luxury, he is offered a place in a shadowy organization-seven strangers united by a dangerous secret.Caught between a suave physician with Machiavellian cunning and a ruthless conspiracy that will stop at nothing to protect its interests, the detective must outwit enemies on every side. As bodies accumulate and alliances shift, each move in this deadly chess match brings him closer to a truth that powerful forces would kill to keep buried.Set against the fog-shrouded streets and gilded interiors of Jazz Age New York, this classic tale of deduction, disguise, and nerve is a gripping battle of wits from start to finish.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set in early twentieth-century Europe, this novel follows a young woman whose awakening desire places her in quiet conflict with family, class, and social convention. An intense emotional attachment forces her to question the life she is expected to accept and the cost of safety and respectability.As private longing collides with public expectation, the story exposes the subtle cruelty of hypocrisy and the narrow spaces in which authenticity can survive. The narrative unfolds with psychological precision, capturing the strain between restraint and passion, fear and self-recognition.Rather than offering dramatic rebellion, the novel examines compromise, secrecy, and the slow, painful education of the heart. Love emerges not as escape, but as a force that reshapes identity-even when it must remain hidden.An early and influential work of queer literature, this novel is notable for its emotional clarity, modern sensibility, and refusal to sensationalize lives lived under constraint.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A frightened young woman bolts from a country farmhouse and steps onto a ribbon of road that seems to promise freedom. Two English travelers, rich enough to treat Europe like a playground, stop when they see her fear-and take her with them. Their holiday drive toward the Riviera turns into a chain of uneasy choices: money that attracts the wrong people, strangers who ask too many questions, and hidden ties that do not stay hidden for long. A friendship grows in the open air of the road, while danger travels close behind. From quiet villages to the bright tables of Monte Carlo and the guarded drawing rooms of London, the past keeps catching up. Then an old promise pulls one of the men east, into a country still raw from revolution. In a fortress where names are erased, a single prisoner matters to people who dream of power. The road that began as escape becomes a test of loyalty, love, and nerve.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Trapped in a stifling marriage in suburban California, a young woman can no longer suppress the desires she has hidden since her college years. Haunted by memories of the woman who first awakened her passion, she abandons her husband and children to seek a new life in New York City's Greenwich Village-the one place where she might finally live as her true self.But the bohemian world she discovers proves far more complicated than she imagined. Old loves resurface with unexpected entanglements, and the freedom she craves comes tangled with jealousy, possessiveness, and the harsh realities of life on society's margins in late-1950s America.A pioneering work of lesbian pulp fiction, this novel captures the raw ache of forbidden desire and the courage required to pursue an authentic life in an era that demanded silence and conformity.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A well-meaning young gentleman drifts from clubland to country houses with the confidence of a man who has never met consequences. Unfortunately, consequences keep making appointments with him-often involving suspicious uncles, formidable aunts, and engagements that appear out of thin air. When plans collapse, a calm valet applies quiet logic, impeccable timing, and the occasional strategic lie to restore dignity before the next social explosion. But even the neatest rescue can't prevent new mix-ups from arriving by telegram, by doorstep, or by the nearest person holding a grudge. A brisk set of comic tales where small mistakes snowball into elaborate disasters, and a polished surface hides the frantic scramble underneath.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When a young woman inherits a magnificent Tudor mansion, she believes her days of financial struggle are over. But the Guest House at Hampton Court carries a dark reputation, having been shuttered for thirty years following a tragic death. As the ancient doors are finally forced open, a series of inexplicable and fatal heart attacks strikes those who cross the threshold, leading locals to whisper of an ancestral curse.Her struggle for happiness is further jeopardized by a ruthless aunt and a cunning former butler who plot to sever her engagement to a hardworking doctor. As the couple navigates the high-society circles of the Riviera and the snowy peaks of Switzerland, they remain unaware that they are being shadowed by a brilliant criminal lunatic known as the Chameleon. Possessed of a deadly secret poison from the East, he is determined to eliminate anyone he deems an intruder upon his rightful domain.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A private river barge, furnished like a salon, becomes a meeting place for people who have survived the kind of trouble no one believes. A rich host brings them aboard and demands discretion, certain their odd histories share a hidden source. One by one, guests tell what happened to them: violent crimes, sudden disappearances, and brushings with the uncanny-vampire rumors, strange rebirth claims, and a jewel that seems to carry bad luck. Every account feels like a separate case, yet small details echo across the stories. As the nights pass, the links tighten. Clues cross from one tale to the next, pushing the group toward a single explanation, and a final reckoning for whoever set the pattern in motion. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A dying man's fierce will to live propels his consciousness into the body of a newborn child. Awakening with six decades of memory and knowledge trapped inside an infant's form, he must navigate the bewildering reversal of growing younger while carrying the weight of an old man's sins.Compelled to atone for the wrongs of his former existence, he is drawn inexorably toward a woman who was forever beyond his reach in the life he left behind. But redemption demands more than mere desire-it requires the surrender of everything he once was.As the boundaries between his two lives blur, he discovers that the true cost of a second chance may be the very identity he fought so desperately to preserve. In this haunting exploration of guilt, love, and the possibility of spiritual renewal, nothing is as simple as living-or dying-twice.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In British-ruled India, the glitter of empire hides a landscape where every favor has a price and every journey invites betrayal. When a foreign outsider is drawn into the world of caravans, bazaars, and political maneuvering, private longing collides with public danger.The road becomes a proving ground: shifting alliances, coded messages, and sudden violence threaten to turn ordinary travel into a trap. Between cantonments and remote waystations, reputations can be bought, loyalties can be traded, and love can become leverage.As suspicion closes in, a single wrong choice could destroy livelihoods-or cost lives. Set amid the heat, color, and tension of a changing country, this romantic adventure pairs sweeping atmosphere with mounting stakes, where the safest route is never the straight one and the night carries more than silence.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A twelfth-century monk living quietly in his monastery receives an extraordinary gift-visions that carry him forward through the centuries to a transformed Britain of the distant future. There he discovers a world where women stand as equals, where science has conquered disease and disability through radical eugenic programs, and where the Western nations have rebuilt themselves along communal, quasi-medieval lines after a devastating war with Asia.Yet this seemingly enlightened society raises troubling questions. At what cost has progress been purchased As the monk witnesses humanity's long, uneven struggle toward compassion-the 'rebel passion' that defies cruelty and oppression in every age-he must reckon with whether mercy can truly flourish in a world that has embraced the power to decide who deserves to live.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A poor scholar living in medieval Flanders sells his soul for the promise of wealth, power, and forbidden knowledge. Rising from obscurity through dark sorcery and cunning manipulation, he schemes his way through the corrupt courts and cloisters of Europe, ultimately ascending to the highest seat in Christendom-the throne of St. Peter itself.Yet every Faustian bargain extracts its price. As the master of black arts sits crowned in Rome, the forces he once commanded begin to turn against him. The demons he has long controlled grow restless, and the inevitable reckoning draws near. In a tale of towering ambition and supernatural terror, this classic novel explores the corruption of absolute power and the inescapable doom that awaits those who traffic with darkness. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Against the heat and dust of a country fighting for its life, a young rebel is shaped by loss, sharpened by rage, and pulled forward by the stubborn hope of freedom.As villages hold their breath under occupation and loyalties fracture under pressure, a single reckless plan promises to turn despair into triumph. But victories demand a price, and love-unexpected, fierce, and impossible to ignore-complicates every choice.When hidden motives surface and trust begins to rot from within, survival depends on reading friends and enemies alike with equal caution. With the fate of a community hanging on one season's gamble, the struggle becomes more than a battle for land: it is a test of what a person will trade for revenge, what they will risk for another, and what they can still believe when courage is no longer enough.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In a secluded New England hollow, an unexplained death unsettles a community accustomed to minding its own affairs. The event draws attention to a reclusive figure whose habits and history provoke suspicion, even as the known facts refuse to align with easy judgment.An observant outsider begins to examine the circumstances surrounding the crime, relying less on force or authority than on patience, logic, and an understanding of human nature. As testimony accumulates, it becomes clear that long-held assumptions, quiet resentments, and hidden relationships have shaped the tragedy far more than anyone wishes to admit.The investigation unfolds through careful questioning and measured inference, revealing how fear and prejudice can obscure the truth. Set against a vividly rendered rural backdrop, the narrative builds toward a resolution that challenges appearances and affirms reason over rumor, offering a refined example of early American detective fiction.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A frightened young woman bolts from a country farmhouse and steps onto a ribbon of road that seems to promise freedom. Two English travelers, rich enough to treat Europe like a playground, stop when they see her fear-and take her with them. Their holiday drive toward the Riviera turns into a chain of uneasy choices: money that attracts the wrong people, strangers who ask too many questions, and hidden ties that do not stay hidden for long. A friendship grows in the open air of the road, while danger travels close behind. From quiet villages to the bright tables of Monte Carlo and the guarded drawing rooms of London, the past keeps catching up. Then an old promise pulls one of the men east, into a country still raw from revolution. In a fortress where names are erased, a single prisoner matters to people who dream of power. The road that began as escape becomes a test of loyalty, love, and nerve.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1950s New York, a strained relationship pushes two women toward separate lives. One wants safety and respectability, even if it means hiding in plain sight for years. The other lives on the edge, pulled toward heavy drinking and sudden anger. As the distance grows, the city closes in-police raids, gossip, and the daily pressure to pass as straight. A job, a marriage of convenience, and a new circle of friends promise cover, but they also demand silence. Across town, the bar scene offers freedom in the dark, along with danger. A risky new attraction, complicated by race and class, tests loyalties and stirs jealousy. Old wounds surface, and the line between protection and control starts to blur. Caught between love, fear, and survival, each choice carries a cost. The question is not only who to trust, but what it takes to live honestly when the truth can ruin everything.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Behind high stone walls in rural Vermont, a grand country house promises seclusion, comfort-and secrets. When an unexpected visitor arrives with a plausible errand, the household relaxes for only a moment before everything turns wrong. A respected woman is found dead under baffling circumstances, a celebrated jewel is missing, and the visitor vanishes as if the woods swallowed him. Whispers spread about eerie music, shadowed glades, and a place locals call Spooky Hollow. With suspicion tightening around the household and every 'explanation' raising new doubts, an experienced detective is called in to separate superstition from strategy. But in a house built for privacy, which is more dangerous: the rumors of ghosts-or the very human mind behind the crime.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set in early twentieth-century Europe, this novel follows a young woman whose awakening desire places her in quiet conflict with family, class, and social convention. An intense emotional attachment forces her to question the life she is expected to accept and the cost of safety and respectability.As private longing collides with public expectation, the story exposes the subtle cruelty of hypocrisy and the narrow spaces in which authenticity can survive. The narrative unfolds with psychological precision, capturing the strain between restraint and passion, fear and self-recognition.Rather than offering dramatic rebellion, the novel examines compromise, secrecy, and the slow, painful education of the heart. Love emerges not as escape, but as a force that reshapes identity-even when it must remain hidden.An early and influential work of queer literature, this novel is notable for its emotional clarity, modern sensibility, and refusal to sensationalize lives lived under constraint.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A fashionable country enclave is shaken when a brutal killing rips through its carefully kept calm. Rumors move faster than evidence, and the talk of 'ghosts' becomes a convenient cover for secrets that refuse to stay buried. With the spotlight fixed on one young woman found too close to the crime, a quietly unconventional investigator begins pulling at threads no one else wants touched. The deeper the search goes, the clearer it becomes that fear is being weaponized-by someone who profits from silence. Between respectable facades, anonymous threats, and a community trained to look away, the truth hides in plain sight. But in a place that prefers superstition to scandal, how do you prove what no one dares to name.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A man convicted of manslaughter on circumstantial evidence endures years of brutal punishment in a remote prison. When a daring breakout thrusts him into freedom, he finds himself caught between the criminal underworld that shaped him and the reformers who see in him a symbol of hope.Driven by a private mission to settle old scores and prove his worth, he tracks dangerous fugitives across the country-from the lawless edges of the Southwest to the teeming streets of Chicago and New York. Along the way, he discovers an unexpected ally in the warden's daughter, whose faith in him becomes both his greatest strength and his deepest vulnerability.As powerful enemies close in and a shadowy foreign adversary threatens everything he's built, he must risk his fragile new life in one final reckoning-a midnight confrontation that will determine whether justice or vengeance claims him.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the oppressive moral climate of 1950s America, a young college dropout flees home in search of anonymity and freedom. She finds refuge in New York City's queer underground, where smoky bars and bohemian apartments offer fleeting glimpses of acceptance. When she meets an alluring older woman who lives boldly despite the risks, a transformative relationship begins-tender, volatile, and marked by the shadow of society's judgment. Torn between newfound desire and the shame she's been taught, she must decide whether hiding her truth is safer than living it.I Am a Woman is a landmark novel of queer awakening and survival in a time of silence and fear.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When a young woman inherits a magnificent Tudor mansion, she believes her days of financial struggle are over. But the Guest House at Hampton Court carries a dark reputation, having been shuttered for thirty years following a tragic death. As the ancient doors are finally forced open, a series of inexplicable and fatal heart attacks strikes those who cross the threshold, leading locals to whisper of an ancestral curse.Her struggle for happiness is further jeopardized by a ruthless aunt and a cunning former butler who plot to sever her engagement to a hardworking doctor. As the couple navigates the high-society circles of the Riviera and the snowy peaks of Switzerland, they remain unaware that they are being shadowed by a brilliant criminal lunatic known as the Chameleon. Possessed of a deadly secret poison from the East, he is determined to eliminate anyone he deems an intruder upon his rightful domain.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Trapped in a stifling marriage in suburban California, a young woman can no longer suppress the desires she has hidden since her college years. Haunted by memories of the woman who first awakened her passion, she abandons her husband and children to seek a new life in New York City's Greenwich Village-the one place where she might finally live as her true self.But the bohemian world she discovers proves far more complicated than she imagined. Old loves resurface with unexpected entanglements, and the freedom she craves comes tangled with jealousy, possessiveness, and the harsh realities of life on society's margins in late-1950s America.A pioneering work of lesbian pulp fiction, this novel captures the raw ache of forbidden desire and the courage required to pursue an authentic life in an era that demanded silence and conformity.…