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The Shining by Stephen King, Campbell Scott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 89 ratingsFirst published in 1977, The Shining quickly became a benchmark in the literary career of Stephen King. This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the Overlook Hotel's past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to claim the very souls of the Torrance family... -
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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsFour decades after it first terrified the world, William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist is back! An extraordinary classic work of horror and dark paranormal suspense. In this stunning 40th Anniversary Edition, a desperate mother and two priests fight to free the soul of a little girl from a supernatural entity of pure malevolence... -
![Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell]()
Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWe're waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers and students are long gone. But they left something behind...Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins... -
![Cold Fire / Hideaway / The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
Cold Fire / Hideaway / The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA collection of three previously published Koontz novels. This will be the first time The Key To Midnight will be available in hardcover... -
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![Blackthorn Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Blackthorn Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman in black stares at the sea, her body transparent, eyes brimming with tears. Hoping to get a better look at the woman, psychic medium Addison Lockhart leans out over the manor’s windowsill, gasping when she feels an intense pressure pressing down on her back—someone thrusting her forward. She grabs the side of the window to brace herself, but it’s too late. She’s already falling... -
![Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart]()
Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Every now and then we get a break from reality. A glimpse into the other world that is more real than the reality we live in 99 percent of our days. The Bible is about a world of demons and angels and great evil and even greater glory.”What if you could travel inside another person’s soul?To battle for them. To be part of Jesus healing their deepest wounds... -
![The Prayer of the Night Shepherd by Phil Rickman]()
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt Stanner Hall, a Victorian mansion-turned-hotel, Ben Foley hosts murder-mystery weekends and strives to prove that his hotel is the house on which Arthur Conan Doyle based his immortal Baskerville Hall. As the days shorten and the weather worsens, Foley’s dabbling uncovers more than he can handle... -
![Innocent Blood by James Rollins, Джеймс Роллинс]()
Innocent Blood by James Rollins, Джеймс Роллинс
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA vicious attack at a ranch in California thrusts archaeologist Erin Granger back into the folds of the Sanguines, an immortal order founded on the blood of Christ and tasked with protecting the world from the beasts haunting its shadows and waiting to break free into the sunlight... -
![The Black Angel by John Connolly]()
The Black Angel by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a young woman disappears from the streets of New York City, ties of friendship and blood inevitably draw ingenious, tortured detective Charlie Parker into the search. Soon he discovers links to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, a 1944 slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel -- considered by evil men to be beyond priceless... -
![Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsArt critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere... and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall... -
![Beyond by Catina Haverlock, Angela Larkin]()
Beyond by Catina Haverlock, Angela Larkin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Sequel out 2018***“Dangerous. Wrong. She could be so close to finding out who I really am, and I don’t want to think about how badly that could damage her. If I have any conscience,I’ll turn and run. But I can’t let her go.” Presley Hale has no idea the guy she just told off in the school parking lot died in a drowning accident four months ago... -
![Temple of the Inner Flame by Amber Fisher]()
Temple of the Inner Flame by Amber Fisher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSinister secrets lurk within the temple walls...Necromancer Kezia Bernard sees her ability as both a blessing and a curse. While it’s an honor to connect the African diaspora to their ancestors and heal wounds from the past, her power is overshadowed by a crushing affliction. One that has cost her all she holds dear... -
![Dearest by Jacquie Walters]()
Dearest by Jacquie Walters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much darker inside—in this "fast-paced and frightening debut" (Rachel Harrison) about the long shadows cast by family secrets, perfect for readers of Grady Hendrix or Ashley Audrain. Flora is a new mom enamored of her baby girl, Iris, even if she arrived a few weeks early... -
![Gravestone by Travis Thrasher, Kirby Heyborne]()
Gravestone by Travis Thrasher, Kirby Heyborne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis fear will soon turn to anger…. At first, Chris Buckley was simply warned. And watched. But as Chris unravels the haunting riddles of the town of Solitary, he finds that much more than the life of a town is at stake. Whether facing a pastor with a house full of skeletons or a cousin he never knew existed, Chris is forced to choose between light and darkness, life and nightmarish death... -
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![The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons by Laura Gallier]()
The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons by Laura Gallier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOwen was a normal high school student with a great life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, played on the football team, and was surrounded by a group of great friends. That is, until he found a well on some abandoned land, and a man who offered him a drink of water that changed his life forever... -
![Demon by Matt Wesolowski]()
Demon by Matt Wesolowski
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsScott King’s podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. Book six in the chilling, award-winning Six Stories series.In 1995, the picture-perfect village of Ussalthwaite was the site of one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, in a case that shocked the world... -
![The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEverything is right on track for Danielle as she prepares for the grand opening of her bed and breakfast. All that changes when her cousin, Cheryl, shows up to claim her share of the inheritance—housemate Lily figures out there is a ghost in the house—and the million dollar necklace goes missing... -
![Come with Me by Ronald Malfi]()
Come with Me by Ronald Malfi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee.Aaron Decker's life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence--and her ghost--Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country... -
![The Omen by David Seltzer]()
The Omen by David Seltzer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNow updated, this classic tale of the antichrist who comes to Earth in the form of a young boy is available in time for 20th Century Fox's contemporary remake of the 1976 classic film, starring Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, and Mia Farrow, scheduled for release on June 6, 2006. Reissue... -
![The Occupied by Craig Parshall]()
The Occupied by Craig Parshall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a youth, Trevor Black unleashed spiritual forces he couldn t comprehend. Years later, Trevor is a high-flying criminal defense lawyer in New York City, with a six-figure Aston Martin and a trophy wife. But in an extraordinary turn of events, he receives a burdensome gift: the ability to perceive the invisible. And the dark forces he now sees are all gunning for him... -
![My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon]()
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call... -
![Crypt of Bone by J.F. Penn]()
Crypt of Bone by J.F. Penn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo billion people are about to die… and they’re the lucky ones. When a man in a hospital gown jumps to his death from the Western Wall in Israel, the authorities think it’s just another victim of Jerusalem Syndrome: a religious psychosis triggered by a visit to the holy city. But when a second victim ritually disembowels himself, it’s the sign of much worse to come... -
![Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd]()
Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor years the abandoned MacKenzie mansion remained hidden in rural Wisconsin. Rumors and stories of apparitions, odd noises, accidents, and strange deaths in or near the property were enough to convince the townsfolk it was haunted and they stayed away... -
![A Ghost Arrives: A Novel by Abe Moss]()
A Ghost Arrives: A Novel by Abe Moss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery family has its secrets, and every ghost has its reasons.★★★★★ "A creepy, slow burning ghost story with a twist that was dark in so many different ways! Imaginative, creative, and not afraid to deal the punches..." - Amazon ReviewerAfter moving back in with his elderly father, Wallace Harper discovers that something else has taken up residence in his childhood home.. -
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![The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen]()
The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe house at 889 Morgan Road has been empty almost thirty years. Maybe it should have stayed that way. Kevin Taylor is an internet-famous handyman on a mission: Find a house and renovate it in thirty days. By flipping a derelict house in a month's time and chronicling the entire thing on video for his online subscribers, he seeks to impress a handful of network TV producers and become a star... -
![Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King]()
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination... -
![The September House by Carissa Orlando]()
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings... -
![Thr3e by Ted Dekker, Rob Lamont]()
Thr3e by Ted Dekker, Rob Lamont
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe nightmare has just begun... your world has changed forever. “Evil is beyond the reach of no man.” “But can a man remove himself beyond the reach of evil?” Kevin asked. “Indeed,” Dr. Francis said. “Can man step beyond evil’s reach? I think not. Not in this lifetime.” “Then all men are condemned to a life of evil,” Kevin said. “A lifetime struggle with evil, not a life of evil,” Dr... -
![Angel Eyes: The Haunting of January House by A.N. Willis]()
Angel Eyes: The Haunting of January House by A.N. Willis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone in Ashton, Colorado, knows that January House is haunted. Tucked away on an isolated hillside, the place has seen grisly murders and unsolved disappearances. An artists’ commune took up residence there in the 1970s, creating a controversy that still divides the town. Now, a reclusive painter has died in the crumbling house. The police say it’s natural causes... -
![The Oath by Frank E. Peretti]()
The Oath by Frank E. Peretti
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsAn ancient sin. A long forgotten oath. A town with a deadly secret. Something sinister is at work in Hyde River, an isolated mining town in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Something evil. Under the cover of darkness, a predator strikes without warning--taking life in the most chilling and savage fashion.The community of Hyde River watches in terror as residents suddenly vanish... -
![Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin]()
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsRosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unaware that the elderly neighbors and their bizarre group of friends have taken a disturbing interest in them... -
![The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb]()
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations... -
![Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson]()
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor the first time in one volume, a collection of Shirley Jackson's scariest stories, with a foreword by PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh After the publication of her short story "The Lottery" in the New Yorker in 1948 received an unprecedented amount of attention, Shirley Jackson was quickly established as a master horror storyteller... -
![Eight Days To Live by Iris Johansen, Jennifer Van Dyck]()
Eight Days To Live by Iris Johansen, Jennifer Van Dyck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEve Duncan and her adopted daughter, Jane Macguire, are pitted against the members of a secretive cult who have targeted Jane and have decided that she will be their ultimate sacrifice. In eight days they will come for her. In eight days, what Jane fears the most will become a reality. In eight days, she will die... -
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![Nightingale House by Steve Frech]()
Nightingale House by Steve Frech
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDaniel Price has just had the breakthrough of his life when his novel cracks the best seller list. He and his wife, Nicole, decide to move into the majestic Nightingale House on the shores of Willow Lake, in the town of Kingsbrook, Maine. But Daniel's world is shattered when Nicole is killed in a car crash, and he must raise their eight year-old daughter, Caitlyn, on his own... -
![The Intruders by Louise Jensen]()
The Intruders by Louise Jensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt should be the perfect a manor house available rent free in exchange for a bit of housesitting. But when Cass and James dig deeper, they find the place has been abandoned since a robbery left almost all the inhabitants dead almost thirty years ago. But they’ve got to save for a deposit somehow, so they move in, and things quickly take a strange turn... -
![The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates]()
The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"The dead are restless here..." Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted building. When she's asked to host seven guests for a week-long stay to research Carrow's phenomena, she hopes to finally experience some of the sightings that made the house famous. At first, it's everything they hoped for... -
![Horns by Joe Hill]()
Horns by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIgnatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief... -
![Mortel sabbat by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
Mortel sabbat by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA secret chamber. A mysterious shipwreck. A murder in the desolate salt marshes. A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated... -
![Dark Corners by Liz Schulte]()
Dark Corners by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElla Reynolds knew from the first moment she walked into the old house someone or something was watching her. Waiting. Her husband's violent murder sent her spiraling into a world of grief and isolation, but Ella isn't alone. Who or what is responsible for her husband's death is still with her. Darkness has engulfed the past year of Ella's life... -
![Return to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Return to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIvy Jensen survived the Dark House once, but can she make it out a second time? Two months have passed since Ivy narrowly escaped the Nightmare Elf’s grip, but the memories of Parker, Natalie, Shayla, Frankie, and Garth continue to haunt her. Their killer is still out there—somewhere. The police trail has gone cold, though, and it’s up to Ivy to piece together the clues to find him... -
![The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne]()
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSo what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head? The therapist insists these are just symptoms of PTSD. It makes sense considering that she hid under the bed and watched as her best friends were slaughtered.But the murders were seventeen years ago, back when her name was Sabrina. Now, she’s Sadie: a perfectly normal 29-year-old... -
![Carrie by Stephen King]()
Carrie by Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsA modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is.. -
![In the Dark by Brandon Massey]()
In the Dark by Brandon Massey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt began as their dream home . . . but soon became their worst nightmare . . . Len and Olivia Bowden had been seeking the ideal home in which to raise their daughter, Kennedy. The classic Victorian in a historic Atlanta neighborhood had everything they were looking for: lots of room in which to grow, friendly neighbors, and best of all, a bargain price, the result of a bank foreclosure... -
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![The Nightmare Girl by Jonathan Janz]()
The Nightmare Girl by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen family man Joe Crawford confronts a young mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the chain reaction he's setting in motion. How could he suspect the young mother is part of an ancient fire cult, a sinister group of killers that will destroy anyone who threatens one of its members? When the little boy is placed in a foster home, the fanatics begin their mission of terror... -
![Play Nice by Rachel Harrison]()
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous she grew up in a haunted house... -
![Island of Bones by Gaby Triana]()
Island of Bones by Gaby Triana
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA haunted Key West resort. Ghosts of a secretive family past. A deadly hurricane. When Ellie Whitaker leaves her dead-end job behind to spread her grandmother's ashes in tropical paradise, the last thing she expected was to face more ghosts. But darkness lurks inside her nana's ancestral home. Ellie's presence stirs up its energies... -
![The Soul Hunter by Melanie Wells]()
The Soul Hunter by Melanie Wells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeter Terry Returns A knock at her door. A bloody axe. A murder weapon in her own living room. The elusive white man with the slash on his back is out hunting again, chasing souls. Peter Terry is haunting minds, invading dreams, and wrecking lives. As Dylan Foster searches for answers, she stumbles upon a dark cult of angel worship... -
![The Devil's Woods by Brian Moreland]()
The Devil's Woods by Brian Moreland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFear wears many skins. Deep within the Canadian wilderness, people have been disappearing for over a century. There is a place the locals call “the Devil’s Woods,” but to speak of it will only bring the devil to your door. It is a place so evil that even animals avoid it... -
![The Ghost Chronicles by Marlo Berliner, S.P. McConnell]()
The Ghost Chronicles by Marlo Berliner, S.P. McConnell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan Michael get to heaven before the devil gets him first, and if it means leaving Sarah is he sure he still wants to go?Michael Andrews had everything - a loving family, a great girlfriend and a promising basketball career. That was before the accident that took his life. Now, he's a ghost, wandering among the living, struggling to understand why he's stuck. All he wants is to move on...Categorized as:
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