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• Itch!

  Amor, Gemma,

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  "Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out, heartbroken and recovering from an abusive relationship, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. But the tall, dense pine trees are not the only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Read Between the Lies

  a Novel

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  "In this claustrophobic psychological suspense from USA Today bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto, the line between victim and villain blurs with every chapter. Because in the end, everyone has their own version of the truth--but only one will make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only One Who Knows

  Matlin, Lisa,

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  "With her polished persona as a morning show co-host, Minnow Greenwood seems to have it all. But behind the camera, something's about to break. When a public meltdown shatters her facade, Minnow flees back to Kangaroo Bay-a grimy fishing town on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spread Me

  Gailey, Sarah,

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  "Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay. Kinsey has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spoil

  a Novel

  Chapman, Maile,

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  "In a rambling split-level house on the outskirts of Tacoma in the 1970s, a young girl is preoccupied by the anomalous phenomena she reads about in magazines: alien visitations, ESP, pyramid power, the Bermuda Triangle. Meanwhile, she and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Harvey Girl

  Stabenow, Dana,

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  "WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS. 1890. The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity. Everyone wears a six-gun and is ready and willing to draw it. In the new city…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

  a Modern Gothic Horror

  Tirado, Vincent,

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  "When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in the will: "One of you is el bacà, the demon that I made a deal with. Get rid of them or you will be damned." Xiomara, the uncontested favorite…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Make a Spectacle of You

  Iker, Beatrice Winifred,

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  "Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student at her dream program, the Appalachian Studies department at Bricksbury University. When her thesis advisor suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darkrooms

  a Novel

  Hannigan, Rebecca,

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  "What secrets lurk in the Hanging Woods? On the night of the Summer Solstice in 1999, nine-year-old Roisin O'Halloran marched into the Hanging Woods, the mysterious copse that had inspired fear in decades of children in the small Irish town of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darker Days

  a Novel

  Olde Heuvelt, Thomas, 1983-

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  "Set in the seemingly idyllic town of Lock Haven, The Darker Days follows the residents of Bird Street, whose prosperity depends on a sinister yearly ritual. Each November, a debt must be paid through a human sacrifice to preserve the community's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eminence Front

  Rowland, Rebecca,

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  "A winter storm ravages a small community in New England, but the residents of one street are unprepared for what the snow brings: an ancient curse, an entity that knows both their sins and their regrets and will stop at nothing to consume what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wife Shaped Bodies

  a Novel

  Cranehill, Laura,

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  "Forbidden from leaving her house from girlhood until marriage, Nicole has only her mother's lessons and what she can see from her bedroom window to draw on in forming her view of the world, and of herself. Taught that the mushrooms which cover the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Her Last Breath

  a Novel

  Adams, Taylor,

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  "When Tess reluctantly joins her adventurous best friend Allie on a caving expedition, she expects to confront her claustrophobia—not a stranger whose chilling retaliation traps her in a fight for her life. A man who claims to be a fellow caver…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Land So Wide

  a Novel

  Craig, Erin A.,

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  "Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious lumber merchant, the village is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous--but at a cost. The same woods that have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Widow's Point

  the Complete Haunting

  Chizmar, Richard, 1965-

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  "'This is a bad place. I don't think people are meant to live here.' Longtime residents of Harper's Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow's Point Lighthouse. Some say it's cursed. Others claim it's haunted. Originally built in 1838,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plans I Have for You

  a Novel

  Sanders, Lai,

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  "Shelley Hu's life is over. A viral video cost her a spot at Columbia Law, her prestigious Manhattan law firm internship, and her hopes to build a better life for herself and her mother. Now Shelley is back in Kissimmee, Florida, working the night…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sorry for Your Loss

  a Novel

  McVeigh, Georgia,

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  "The story of two people, both as magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat and mouseThe question is, Who is the predator and who is the prey? Meet Iris: a dark soul with a propensity for obsession, still reeling from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nowhere Burning

  Ward, Catriona,

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  "Nowhere Burning is a harrowing tale of survival that places the dark fairy tale of Peter Pan and the ruthless dangers of Lord of the Flies into the unforgiving maw of the Colorado Rockies. "Gripping and beautiful, haunting and virtuously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hemlock

  a Novel

  Faliveno, Melissa, 1983-

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  "Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Wolf Comes Home

  Cassidy, Nat, 1981-

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  "One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to…Read moreRead more of this annotation