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The Know by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJoanie Brewer' s children meant the world to her. She'd do anything to protect them, even resorting to prostitution and petty crime in order to feed and clothe them. So when her beautiful teenage daughter is raped and murdered, only one thing will stop Joanie's pain - seeing her daughter's killer brought to justice. Joanie knows who he is and she'll do whatever it takes to nail him.. -
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Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe morbidly monotonous Dullsville has finally become the most exciting place on earth now that Raven is madly in love with her hot vampire boyfriend Alexander, and a crew of vampires has taken residence in Dullsville's old mill. Raven discovers Jagger's plan to open a new club, The Crypt, right here in Dullsville... -
![Frozen Statues by L.E. Fraser]()
Frozen Statues by L.E. Fraser
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA gripping psychological thriller with shocking twistsIn the bitter cold of a Canadian winter, seven university freshmen vanish without a trace. Soon afterwards, police discover a ghastly crime scene—the victim is frozen solid and his eyes are missing, replaced with black stones. A week later, they find a second frozen statue at an identical crime scene... -
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![The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler]()
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPsychic...or psychotic? Anna knows her family is crazy. But when she goes to visit her aunt and uncle for the summer and learns that her uncle’s charred body has been found, her life reaches a new level of insanity. Her erratic aunt’s “psychic” abilities are exaggerated by her grief, and have become borderline violent... -
![Anatomy by Sebastian Fitzek, Michael Tsokos]()
Anatomy by Sebastian Fitzek, Michael Tsokos
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the autobiographic work by German inference fiction master according to his personal experience. Only the readers with high IQ can understand the ending... -
![Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole, B.T. Urruela]()
Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole, B.T. Urruela
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdwin Allen Mercer I want them all to read my words. And they do. Every last blood-stained sentence, they've read and praised me for. They love the gore and violence, the realness. And I get a sense of power with it all because I know a secret: the victims in my books—they’re real and have all died on my table. And maybe that’s why the last book had such awful reviews... -
![The Victim by Jonas Saul]()
The Victim by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Book Five, Sarah Roberts is The Victim.Sarah is killed in a horrible car accident, the DNA found in the car verified as hers. But the government men at the Sophia Project have faked her death to keep her to themselves.After her funeral, she shows up in the food court of a busy mall where a violent exchange takes place. Things go wrong fast... -
![Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul]()
Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen attorney Ed Becker spots the carved antique dresser in a dusty attic, he takes it to restore. Then Ed and his young daughter, Amy, make a curious discovery: Inside one of the drawers are a set of old pictures and a stereoscope, an old-fashioned device that allows you to see images in three dimensions. Oddly, all the photos resemble their house, where Ed’s grandparents lived long ago... -
![Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber]()
Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSummer break is over, and Raven is hardly eager to be returning to Dullsville High. Not only does school mean daily interaction with preppy pest Trevor Mitchell, but her sleep-filled days and romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must come to an end. Plus the shock of morning classes isn't the only change in store... -
![Dead Head by C.J. Skuse]()
Dead Head by C.J. Skuse
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan a serial killer ever lose their taste for murder?Since confessing to her bloody murder spree Rhiannon Lewis, the now-notorious Sweetpea killer, has been feeling out-of-sorts.Having fled the UK on a cruise ship to start her new life, Rhiannon should be feeling happy. But it’s hard to turn over a new leaf when she’s stuck in an oversized floating tin can with the Gammonati and screaming kids... -
![Cheerleaders by R.L. Stine]()
Cheerleaders by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe First Evil: The Shadyside cheerleaders accidentally release an ancient evil spirit from the Fear Street cemetery.The Second Evil: Just when the cheerleaders thought they had stopped the evil, the murders begin...again The Third Evil: Cheerleader Corky Corcoran holds the key to destroying the ancient evil forever -- unless the spirit destroys her first... -
![Psychosis by Tony Marturano]()
Psychosis by Tony Marturano
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Police, what is your emergency?” “They’re in the house and they’re going to kill me…” “My name is Marco and I am flawed. I know that. And I was fine with it until it cost me my family. Now, I’ll do anything to get them back – even see a therapist. Which is a joke, because I am a therapist. At least I was before I was fired... -
![Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie]()
Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Sally Blue was six years old, sleeping peacefully in her bed, a gunshot woke her up and subsequently ripped her world apart.Jolted awake by the scary noise, Sally ran to her parent's bedroom for comfort. Instead, she found her mother slumped against the headboard, her ravaged nightdress drenched from a double-barreled wound... -
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![Asylum by John Saul]()
Asylum by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEditor Oliver Metcalf has written a provocative article on the Asylum that implies there may be a curse on the town. The community is outraged, charging him with inflaming hysteria. More urgent is the mysterious disappearance of Rebecca Morrison. As Blackstone rallies to find the missing woman, a mysterious package arrives on Harvey Connally’s front porch... -
![Twist of Fate: The Locket by John Saul]()
Twist of Fate: The Locket by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJules Hartwick should be on top of the world. He has a distinguished career as president of the First National Bank of Blackstone, and his lovely daughter will soon be married. But his contentment is shattered: he's under investigation by the Federal Reserve--and that frightening audit threatens the financing of the Blackstone Center, which is slated to rise on the site of the old Asylum... -
![In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief by John Saul]()
In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile researching an historical piece on the Asylum for the town’s newspaper, editor Oliver Metcalf digs through the attic that once belonged to his father, the last superintendent of the facility. There, among the dusty medical records, Oliver discovers a beautifully embroidered linen handkerchief with an ornate “R” in one corner... -
![Dear Vicky by Octavia Grant]()
Dear Vicky by Octavia Grant
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDelusional /dəˈlo͞oZH(ə)nəl/ (adjective) - characterized by or holding false beliefs or judgments about external reality that are held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, typically as a symptom of a mental conditionGrocery store bag boy, Andrew, hates his job. No career growth, rude customers, and the forced customer appreciation greeting have taken a toll on his mental stability... -
![The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson]()
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFascinated by forensics, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney persuades her father, the county coroner in sleepy Silverton, CO, to take her on as his assistant... -
![Watch Them Die by Kevin O'Brien]()
Watch Them Die by Kevin O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDIFFERENT VICTIMS The blonde film student. The brunette paralegal. The red-headed artist. DIFFERENT METHODS The first victim is strangled. The second is stabbed repeatedly. And the third is pushed out of an open window.SAME MADMAN In the city of Seattle, no single woman is safe. From afar he watches the ones he so desperately wants. Willing to do whatever it takes to prove his love... -
![Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien]()
Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce A Killer's Chosen You. . . At first, the deaths seem random. A young Portland couple brutally murdered in a game gone awry. . .a Chicago woman who plummeted to her death from an office building. . .an aspiring screenwriter asphyxiated in his New York apartment. But the macabre souvenirs television reporter Sydney Jordan receives hint at a connection that is both personal and terrifying... -
![The Black Queen by Jumata Emill]()
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High--but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead... -
![Heart Lines by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini]()
Heart Lines by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFate had a crazy way of choosing paths. When Boston came into my life, we both lost everything. Our worlds were turned upside-down and neither of us thought we’d make it through. We were wrong.Now on the road as an independent journalist, our mission is to investigate what others won’t. Women, kids, the buzz and conspiracies run wild. But I only deal in facts... -
![Bad News by Amy Cross]()
Bad News by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing girl. A man with a past. And a reporter who'll do anything to uncover the truth. When she's fired from her job at a TV station, Maggie Carter sets out to prove that she's got what it takes... -
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![Lunatic Detective by Sharon Sala]()
Lunatic Detective by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Tara and Flynn are closing in on Dee Dee Broyles' killer, a deadly new ghost begins to threaten them. It's just another day in Tara's lunatic life . . . All during the day at school, Tara kept picturing the moment when she and Nate would find DeeDee's grave. Even the classes she had with Flynn, who made everything fun, never seemed to end... -
![Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick]()
Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Miranda Barnes first sees the sleepy town of St. Yvette, Louisiana, with its moss-draped trees, above-ground cemeteries, and her grandfather’s creepy historic home, she realizes that life as she knew it is officially over. Almost immediately, there seems to be something cloying at her. Something lonely and sad and . . . very pressing... -
![Monsters by Emerald Fennell]()
Monsters by Emerald Fennell
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA blackly comic tale about two children you would never want to meet. Set in the Cornish town of Fowey, all is not as idyllic as the beautiful seaside town might seem. The body of a young woman is discovered in the nets of a fishing boat. It is established that the woman was murdered. Most are shocked and horrified. But there is somebody who is not - a twelve-year-old girl... -
![The Children of Fear by R.L. Stine]()
The Children of Fear by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLuke hates listening to the townspeople talk about his sister, Leah. They call her evil, and say she has unnatural powers. Leah does have the strange talent of being able to communicate with animals. But Luke is sure Leah would never use her gift for evil—until their parents’ horrible accident... -
![What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron]()
What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGriffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara’s sister killed him . . . Four months after the murder, the entire town of Shiloh is still in shock. For Clara Porterfield, the normal world has crumbled around her in a million chaotic pieces. Now Clara lives in a new reality, where her sister awaits trial for murder, her mother obsessively digs in a dead, frozen garden, and her father lives and breathes denial... -
![Comes the Blind Fury by John Saul]()
Comes the Blind Fury by John Saul
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA century ago, a gentle blind girl walked the cliffs of Paradise Point. Then the children came -- taunting, teasing -- until she lost her footing and fell, shrieking her rage to the drowning sea... Now Michelle has come from Boston to live in the big house on Paradise Point. She is excited about her new life, ready to make new friends.. -
![The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read, Daniel Pérez Castrillón]()
The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read, Daniel Pérez Castrillón
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s run away home. That’s what they say every time one of Charley Winslow’s friends vanishes from The Old Cross School for Boys.It’s just a tall tale. That’s what they tell Charley when he sees the ragged grey figure stalking the abbey halls at night.When Charley follows his pet insects to a pool of blood behind a false wall, he could run and let those stones bury their secrets... -
![Faint of Heart by Jeff Strand]()
Faint of Heart by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 32,000-word novella of brutal suspense by the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE, DWELLER, and WOLF HUNT.Rebecca Harpster is frightened of spending the night alone, but she assures her husband Gary that she'll be fine when he goes out camping with his buddies for the weekend. They have a safe little home in the woods of Alaska with an excellent security system... -
![The Green Room by Nag Mani]()
The Green Room by Nag Mani
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsQueen Victoria School, Nainital. Founded: 1855. "She wears an old uniform," Nisha continued, "pale white face, dark shadows around her eyes. She is often seen sitting on this very chair. And it is said that the chair is always found in front of the mirror no matter where you leave it... -
![Anna Caritas tome 1: Le sacrilège by Patrick Isabelle]()
Anna Caritas tome 1: Le sacrilège by Patrick Isabelle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLe retour de Marianne Roberts au prestigieuxcollège Anna Caritas semble avoir enclenché une série d’événements bizarres dans la petite ville de St-Hector. William Walker n’a jamais cru à ce genre de phénomène... -
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![No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen]()
No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mystery about a girl whose family secrets are as threatening as the desert that surrounds her—but whose quest to expose the truth may tear apart reality itself. Rylie hasn’t been back to Twentynine Palms since her dad died. She left a lot of memories out there, buried in the sand of the Mojave Desert...Categorized as:
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![The Foxglove Killings by Tara Kelly]()
The Foxglove Killings by Tara Kelly
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground with the unmistakable purple of a foxglove in its mouth. But in the dying boondock town of Emerald Cove, life goes on... -
![Fight, Team, Fight by R.L. Stine]()
Fight, Team, Fight by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhoebe Yamura wants to win the state cheerleading competition... -
![Get It Started by Morgan Burke]()
Get It Started by Morgan Burke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe party room.On Manhattan's Upper East Side. Everybody's fabulous. No one gets carded. Then someone dies.The Party Room is where the prep school crowd goes to drink up and hook up. The cocktails are chill and the bartender's hot. Everyone knows everyone -- except the guy that Samantha Byrne leaves with one night.The next day Sam's missing... -
![Stranger with My Face [With Book] by Lois Duncan]()
Stranger with My Face [With Book] by Lois Duncan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHave you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find... -
![Just Married by Kiersten Modglin]()
Just Married by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen my husband found this perfect little cabin in the woods for our honeymoon, I couldn’t wait to get away. Just us in the middle of the forest, waking up every day in the trees, ending each night in the hot tub under the stars. But now I’m not sure that I know my husband at all…I just wish we’d gone to the police when someone left a note on the doormat saying: She’s dead, you’re next... -
![The Night She Disappeared by April Henry]()
The Night She Disappeared by April Henry
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part-time as a delivery girl at Pete's Pizza. One night, Kayla—another delivery girl—goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working.Gabie can't move beyond the fact that Kayla's fate was really meant for her... -
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Missing by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEveryone knows they left. No one knows they're...m i s s i n gReeve's End is the kind of town every kid can't wait to escape. Each summer, a dozen kids leave, and at least a quarter never come back. I don't blame them - I'll do the same in another year. We thought it was just something that happened in town like ours.We were wrong... -
![The Graduation by Christopher Pike]()
The Graduation by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was his last chance to find the answer. The last day of school had finally arrived, six months after the homecoming dance and the ruin of a princess, and nine months after the big party and the death of an angel. It is to be a busy day; there is the graduation ceremony in the afternoon in the football stadium, and then the senior all-night party aboard a cruise ship heading to Catalina... -
![What Waits in the Woods by Kieran Scott]()
What Waits in the Woods by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeeing things. You were just seeing things. For city girl Callie Velasquez, nothing sounds more terrifying than a night out in the wilderness. But, wanting to bond with her popular new friends, Lissa and Penelope, she agrees to join them on a camping trip. At least Callie's sweet new boyfriend, Jeremy, will be coming too. But nothing goes as planned. The group loses half their food supply... -
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![A New Fear by R.L. Stine]()
A New Fear by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Fear name brings fortune…and doom.The dark power of the Fear family consumes all those connected with it. The Fears. Those they love—and hate. The entire town of Shadyside. All are tainted forever by the evil of the family’s curse. No one can escape.Nora Goode and Daniel Fear hoped to end the curse of the Fear family...Categorized as:
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![The Second Horror by R.L. Stine]()
The Second Horror by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second volume in an all-new Fear Street trilogy. Brandt thinks moving to Shadyside is great, but he hasn't heard the terrifying stories about his new home--99 Fear Street. He doesn't know about the headless bodies or bleeding walls. And he doesn't know that Cally Frasier still haunts the house and plans gruesome deaths for him and everyone close to him...Categorized as:
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![To Right the Wrongs by Sheryl Scarborough]()
To Right the Wrongs by Sheryl Scarborough
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSheryl Scarborough continues the adventures of teen amateur sleuth and aspiring forensic scientist Erin Blake in To Right the Wrongs , the sequel to To Catch a Killer.Erin Blake has one goal for summer leave behind her reputation as the girl whose mom was murdered, and just be normal girl enjoying her first real romance...Categorized as:
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![I Married a Dead Man by William Irish, Cornell Woolrich]()
I Married a Dead Man by William Irish, Cornell Woolrich
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPregnant, abandoned by her slimy husband and destitute, Helen Georgesson boards a train going west. In the crowded train car she meets happy newlyweds Patrice Hazzard, also expecting, and Hugh. They are on their way to visit Hugh’s parents, whom Patrice is meeting for the first time... -
![Career Day by Barry Lyga]()
Career Day by Barry Lyga
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're seventeen years old and your father is the most notorious serial killer America has ever produced.He brought you up. Taught you everything he knows. Everyone in your ordinary American town knows who you are. So even though Dear Old Dad is safely behind bars, when the killing starts all over again, you are the first person the police come to see... -
![To Die For (Slumber Party & Weekend) by Christopher Pike]()
To Die For (Slumber Party & Weekend) by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike is back for a whole new generation of teens!It's the perfect weekend...for murder. A snowbound ski resort. A tropical beach paradise.Who wouldn't want to spend their vacations in these dream places?For two different groups of friends, though, the dreams will quickly turn to nightmares...
![Stranger with My Face [With Book] by Lois Duncan](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/624240dda911d2c3cde435ae.jpg)
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