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THE MURDER FLAT During the Second World War, a woman is murdered and her husband disappears. He becomes the prime suspect. A couple of decades later, a detective who is investigating the case also disappears. When the murdered woman’s grandson meets with the same fate, it sends Detective Grant Gilmore on a desperate journey into the past, to try and solve the mysterious case before it claims any more victims. HAUNTED ISLAND The dig for treasure on Bell Island has been going on for centuries. Some locals believe there is a king’s ransom buried there, while others don’t. When the owner of the island suddenly disappears, foul play is suspected. Her niece arrives to search for answers. In the process, she makes a last ditch effort to find the treasure, while the ghost of Bell Island lurks outside her home. THE PURPLE DOOR James is drawn like a magnet to the purple door, and the captivating woman that disappears behind it. As Hlloween night approaches he’s catapulted into a maelstrom of strange events that include a cold case murder. In an effort to solve the crime, he enters through the purple door, and the results are shocking. SINISTER HOUSE Murder, kidnapping and a missing woman, revolve around a sinister old mansion. Meredith is the realtor, handling the sale of the house. She is drawn into the mystery surrounding it, while going through a mid-life crisis. She leaves her husband, and in a quest for fulfillment embarks on a sexual odyssey with younger men. But one of these liaisons goes terribly wrong. And as Meredith’s abductor drags her towards his van, in an isolated landscape, she struggles desperately to survive. THE ATTIC From the moment Jay finds the intriguingly erotic photograph, concealed in the attic wall, he becomes obsessed with the image of the woman in it. She's a seductive femme fatale named Emma, who lived in his secluded island home over a hundred years ago. When he discovers her diary some time later, with its account of her dangerous life, and steamy sexual adventures, it leads him into an intensely exciting world of fantasy and taboo. As Jay falls increasingly under Emma's spell, he wonders if there are supernatural forces at work, or is it all down to his own vivid imagination? HIGHRISE After thirty years of marriage, Gail is suddenly widowed, and finds herself living alone in an apartment tower, where she is the only tenant. Terrified of heights and elevators she struggles to overcome her anxiety and depression.Then she begins to question whether her husband’s death was an accident or murder. While weird sounds at midnight convince her that the building is either haunted, or someone is trying to drive her mad. CRISIS Debra has retired to her dream home in the country, but it turns into a nightmare as Christmas approaches. Her husband of thirty years starts to act bizarrely and she’s stranded in the middle of nowhere and running out of groceries. Depressed and in a panic, she begins to fear for her life as well as her sanity. ALBA The sense of total isolation was petrifying. Rain lashed down in torrents. Fear paralysed Rona as she faced the freezing night ahead. Totally alone on a tiny island at the northernmost tip of Scotland, she groped her way in the darkness towards the grim old house that no one had entered for 70 years... http://www.karenlewis.net/