F. E. Higgins Libros

THE THIEF, THE SEEKER, THE RICH GIRL, THE BRUTE The Phenomenals are back . . .

A deliciously dark and thrilling novel from a devilishly talented author.When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference: Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash.Employed as Joe's assistant, Ludlow records the villagers' fiendish confessions in an ancient leather-bound volume: The Black Book of Secrets. There's the gravedigger who has been resurrecting bodies; the butcher who made a mouse-meat pie for his bullying father, with fatal consequences; the wizened bookseller who went to murderous lengths to get her hands on a priceless tome.Ludlow longs to trust his mysterious master, but he senses Joe has much to hide. But then Ludlow Fitch has his own, very dark, secrets...

The town of Opum Oppidulum is home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and its rumored monster. On an island at the center of the lake is an asylum; no one has ever escaped it. So how will Rex, whose father, Ambrose Grammaticus, has been imprisoned there under false pretenses, prove that Ambrose is not insane? And if Rex can free his father, will his evil stepmother drive them both to madness? Higgins' fans will devour The Lunatic's Curse, a deliciously scary tale and "polyquel" to her previous books, all of which can be read singly or together. But not in the dark . . .

When Ralph Bennett's life seems it can get no worse, in walks a man with a box that clearly is worth its weigh in gold. Ralph can't help but steal it, desperate for money and any way out of his life as a servant. He ignores the box's warning and opens it, unwittingly releasing his Doppelg(t)nger -- his perfect double. Evil double, that is. The Doppelg(t)nger unleashes havoc throughout the city, and soon Ralph finds himself accused of murder. With the Doppelg(t)nger and the police always close behind, Ralph and his friend Myrtle desperately try to find a way to defeat the supernatural embodiment of evil and while staying out of the gallows. When they finally confront the Doppelg(t)nger in the ultimate showdown, only one can emerge victorious. But which Ralph will survive?

The third dark and diabolical book by a talented author is now available in paperback.

Pin Carpue's father vanishes and he is left to live alone in the dismal city of Urbs Umida. When Pin meets the Bone Magician--a man who can make the dead speak--he is drawn into a world of magic and illusion.