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Long Shadows by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBOOK 3 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'SI don't know who I am. I don't know what I am. The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. But she's learned to live with it... -
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Dreaming Death by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSWEET DREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THISEver since she was a child, Stacey Hanson has had strange dreams—and sometimes they come true. Her skills and experience led her straight to the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters. Now a serial killer is stalking Washington, DC, and people are scared. And it will be Stacey’s first case... -
![Caging Darling: A Dark Fantasy Peter Pan Retelling by T.A. Lawrence]()
Caging Darling: A Dark Fantasy Peter Pan Retelling by T.A. Lawrence
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShackled by a fae bargain. A prisoner in her own body.Wendy Darling has been forced to choose Peter for so long, it’s starting to feel like her decision. Between her Mating Mark, now exclusively tied to Peter, and their bargain, she’s no longer sure where the real Wendy ends and the magic begins.But Peter isn’t the only fae she’s ever made a bargain with... -
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Broken Window by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!Lost and alone one night on the streets of London, Maddie Harper knows she shouldn't go near the abandoned house on Cathmore Road. She's heard stories about the place, about how everyone keeps away. But tonight Maddie's scared and hurt, and she's being hunted through the city's dark, rain-lashed streets... -
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![Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula: The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count by Loren D. Estleman]()
Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula: The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count by Loren D. Estleman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a mysterious schooner runs aground in an English harbor with no human passengers--only the dead captain, drained of blood--a series of bizarre nocturnal crimes takes place in London. It can only be the work of Count Dracula, and only one man can save the city: the great Sherlock Holmes...Categorized as:
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Red X by David Demchuk
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from Toronto's gay village. They're the marginalized, the vulnerable. One by one, stalked and vanished, they leave behind small circles of baffled, frightened friends...Categorized as:
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Nocturne by Karina Halle
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA vampire romance so dark it’ll bite.He’s not just dangerous—he’s designed to destroy you.Blood. Obsession. Murder.And a love story twisted enough to hurt so good.Los Angeles, 1947.The city is drowning in secrets and blood—and Lena Reid just lost her best friend to the shadows.Elizabeth Short is dead. The press calls her the Black Dahlia.Lena wants answers. Closure. Revenge... -
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Dark Desires by Eve Silver
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen Dr Damien Cole, her mysterious and secretive new employer, offers her a chance to work beside him, Darcie Finch, who had been warned to fear him, discovers a new side to Damien and wonders if he is truly a dedicated healer, or a ruthless killer... -
![In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson]()
In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor readers of Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and classic Anne Rice, a chilling tale of suspense and horror set deep in the Texas desert.Travis Stillwell spends his nights searching out women in West Texas honky-tonks. What he does with them doesn’t make him proud, just quiets the demons for a little while... -
![A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn Kemp]()
A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn Kemp
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDiscover the dark and gothic historical novel inspired by the true story of Giulia Tofana, the first documented female serial killer in history. Perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Lost Apothecary.Murderer or saviour? You decide. . .Rome, 1656In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary’s shop – a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles...Categorized as:
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![The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford]()
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic, but he may not, under any circumstances, see her...Categorized as:
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![The Music of Razors by Cameron Rogers]()
The Music of Razors by Cameron Rogers
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn nineteenth-century Boston, a young doctor on the run from the law falls in with a British confidence artist. Together–and with dire consequences–they bring back to the light something meant to be forgotten.A world away in London, an absent father, haunted by the voice of a banished angel, presents his daughter with an impossible friend–a clockwork ballerina... -
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The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBefore hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest named Faith lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, mute and refusing to explain her arrival, the sordid stories of unexplained deaths seem unconnected...Categorized as:
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![Acquainted With the Night by Piper Maitland, Justine Eyre]()
Acquainted With the Night by Piper Maitland, Justine Eyre
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaroline Clifford’s bland life as a London tour guide flips upside down when her beloved uncle is brutally murdered at a Bulgarian archaeological site. While traveling to recover his remains, she meets a man who corresponded with her uncle... -
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![All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce]()
All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sinister novel based on the real Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers in the old West bound by butchery and obscured by the shadows of American history.The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain whispering of travelers lost and buried, whispering of witches. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn... -
![The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy]()
The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her enthralling, richly imagined new novel, Brandy Purdy, author of The Ripper’s Wife, creates a compelling portrait of the real, complex woman behind an unthinkable crime. Lizzie Borden should be one of the most fortunate young women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her wealthy father could easily afford to provide his daughters with fashionable clothes, travel, and a rich, cultured life... -
![Nevermore by William Hjortsberg]()
Nevermore by William Hjortsberg
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in 1920's New York City, this dazzling literary thriller by the bestselling author of Falling Angel combines pulse-racing action, a cast of famous historical characters, a brilliantly deranged serial killer, and visits from beyond the grave... -
![Renfield: Slave of Dracula by Barbara Hambly]()
Renfield: Slave of Dracula by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn imaginative novel that puts a fresh and frightening new spin on Bram Stoker's Dracula.The servant Renfield was the most enigmatic character to stalk in the shadows of Dracula. Now he takes center stage in an ingenious re-imagining of Bram Stoker's classic novel that explores the chilling circumstances of his insane devotion to the Vampire Prince... -
![Don't Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore]()
Don't Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA seventeen-year old girl goes up against the notorious axeman murderer in 1918 in this suspenseful historical fiction story from the author of The Perfect Place to Die. Gianna is the average seventeen-year-old girl living in 1918 New Orleans. She worries about her family's store, the great war, and a mysterious illness that's about to take hold of the city she loves... -
![Wraith by Joe Hill]()
Wraith by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJoe Hill's New York Times Bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland, and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, in an original new comic miniseries, Hill throws wide the candy cane gates to tell a standalone story that is at once both accessible to new readers, and sure to delight fans of the book... -
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Severed by Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEisner Award winner SCOTT SNYDER (Batman, Swamp Thing, American Vampire), Scott Tuft & NYT Best-Selling-Artist Attila Futaki (The Lightning Thief) bring you the complete collected hardcover of the scariest horror comic of the year, SEVERED.1916. A man haunts the roads; a man with sharp teeth and a hunger for flesh...
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