Chocolat, by Joanne Harris (1999, UK)

Vianne and her daughter Anouk live traveling and they arrive to Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, a small village in the french countryside. They're different from people living there: they don't go to church, they don't have prejudices against Roux and the river people, they don't care about what people think of them. But the Black Man doesn't like this wind of change...
Fascinating.

Punto di origine - Point Of Origin, by Patricia Cornwell (1998, USA)

Carrie, ex Lucy's lover, mean psycho killer as well, escapes from the mental hospital where she was staying. Meanwhile peculiar disasters happen.
Kay, Marino, Lucy and Benton work on them ...although connections are pretty hard to be found.
Deep.

Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe (1976, US)

The Pit and the pendulum - A Tale of the Ragged Mountains - The Oblong Box - "Thou art the Man" - A Letter Found in a Bottle - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Stolen Letter - The Barrel of Amontillado - The Sphinx