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Trick or Treat

Richie Tankersley Cusick · 209 pages

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My Secret Admirer

Carol Ellis · 184 pages

**He had said, "I'll be keeping my eye on you."** Jenny is new in town. With her parents away, she is all alone in an isolated house. The looming mountains frighten her; the days are hot and stifling. But she already has a secret admirer who courts her with sweet messages and flowers. Jenny also has an enemy. Someone leaves a dead rattlesnake at her door. A sinister black motorcycle chases her

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Horrorscape

Nenia Campbell · 356 pages

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Whispers

Dean Koontz · 502 pages

"A MASTER STORYTELLER...his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns."—The San Diego Union-Tribune For thirty-five years, Bruno Frye has lived in the shadow of the mother who made his heart beat with constant fear. And even though she died five years ago, the whispers still haunt him in the dark...enough to make him kill—and kill again... Hilary Thomas is one o

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The Only One Left

Riley Sager · 400 pages

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily"Propulsive ... a dizzying Gothic whodunit."—New York Times Book ReviewBestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massa

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Pretty Twisted

Gina Blaxill

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Run on Red

Noelle W. Ihli · 288 pages

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Deadly Little Lies

Laurie Faria Stolarz

Camelia, who has recently discovered she shares her crush Ben's power of psychometry, finds herself in a tortured love triangle when a figure from Ben's past arrives and Camelia discovers that both boys are hiding dangerous secrets.

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Misery

Stephen King · 370 pages

The tale of a writer who has a bad car accident out in the country. He is "rescued" by a psychopath who holds him hostage until he finally builds the strength to escape.

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Crushed

Sara Shepard

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We Are Here

Michael Marshall · 400 pages

"It should've been the greatest day in David's life. A trip to New York, wife by his side, to visit his new publisher. Finally it looks as though the gods of fate are going to lift him from schoolteacher to writer. But on his way back to Penn Station, a chance encounter changes all of that. David bumps into a stranger who covertly follows him, and then, just before they board the train home, passe

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Trafficked

Kim Purcell

Hannah is an ordinary teenager growing up in Moldova until her parents are killed in a terrorist bombing. While she’s still mourning the loss, she gets an offer that sounds too good to be true: a job as a nanny for a Russian family in Los Angeles. At first, it seems like her luck has finally turned around, but life with the Platonovs quickly spirals into a nightmare. Lillian, the mother, forces

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White Water Terror

Carolyn Keene · 149 pages

Nancy and her friends find their lives in danger when a maniac stalks them while they are on a white water rafting expedition.

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The Turn of the Key

Ruth Ware · 352 pages

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fifth novel. When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss--a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Ca

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The Shadow Hunter

Michael Prescott · 421 pages

An MP3-CD, Library edition, 11.5 hrs run time.

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The Collector

John Fowles · 288 pages

Fowles’ stunning debut is a study of a lonely young sociopath who kidnaps the woman he has fixated on, keeping her in his cellar in the belief that she will eventually come to love him. The story is narrated in turns by the young man and his captive, giving two opposing points of view.

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Insomnia

J.R. Johansson · 350 pages

Sixteen-year-old Parker Chipp spends his nights experiencing other people's dreams and getting no rest, so when he discovers that new friend Mia's dreams are different he becomes fixated on her until memory blackouts lead him to question exactly what their relationship is. Sixteen-year-old Parker Chipp spends his nights experiencing other people's dreams and getting no rest, so when he discovers

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The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James · 338 pages

Upstate NY, 1982. Viv Delaney knows something isn't right at the Sun Down motel, where she works as a night clerk, and she's determined find out what. Upstate NY, 2017. Carly Kirk has always been fascinated by her aunt Viv who disappeared from the Sun Down before Carly was born. Using a small inheritance from when her mom dies, Carly leaves college to figure out what happened to her aunt thirty-fi

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The Evolution of Mara Dyer

Michelle Hodkin

Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah. But being with Noah is dangerous and Mara is in

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dancergirl

Carol M. Tanzman · 248 pages

Rendered famous when a friend posts videos of her dance routines online, Ali Ruffino hopes to pursue a professional career only to be targeted by mean-spirited detractors and a ruthless stalker.

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As Good as Dead: The Finale to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson · 480 pages

An amazing thriller part of the 3 part series, and the final book. the main character, Pip Fitz-Amobi is about to head to college, but she is still daunted by the results of her previous investigations regarding other crimes (see *a good girls guide to murder*, and *as good as dead*). These days, she is death threats in the wake of her well known-true-crime podcast, but she can't help noticing an

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The Housemaid's Secret

Freida McFadden · 352 pages

*As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job – not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . .* It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penth

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Fool Me Once

Harlan Coben · 400 pages

If your husband was murdered And you were a witness How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself.

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Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak · 372 pages

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