Books like 'The Ring, Volume 1'

Readers who enjoyed The Ring, Volume 1 by 稲垣 みさお, Misao Inagaki & Hiroshi Takahashi also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 7 by Eiji Mikage

    The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 7 by Eiji Mikage

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the final volume of The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Kazuki makes his last stand against O to fulfill his vow to bring back the "zeroth" Maria-the real Maria. But what does fate have in store for them..
  • Jessamine by Shani Struthers

    Jessamine by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The dead of night, Jess, I wish they'd leave me alone."Jessamin Wade's husband is dead - a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him 'alive' in her imagination - talking to him every day, laughing with him, remembering the good times they had together...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings  historical  horror
  • The Evil That Was Done by Michele Pariza Wacek

    The Evil That Was Done by Michele Pariza Wacek

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The shocking conclusion to the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. It’s happening again—people are disappearing. And just like before, the finger is pointed at Becca. She knows how it looks … and that she’s being set up. Someone is following her. Sneaking into her house. Planting evidence to make her look guilty. The problem is, she has no idea why...
  • Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost Girl - Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Paranormal FictionRenowned sculptor Allison Weathers doesn't believe in ghosts. But when a tragic twist of fate leads her to the small mountain town of Dawson Mills, Tennessee, she soon learns that the dead don't always stay silent. Shadows begin to shift in the rambling, old Victorian farmhouse she's purchased. Voices come from nowhere...
  • Tanners Dell by S.E. England, Sarah E. England

    Tanners Dell by S.E. England, Sarah E. England

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the hypnosis of violently disturbed psychiatric patient, Ruby Dean, an unholy dark force was unleashed on the medical staff who tried to help her. Now only one of the original team remains--Ward Sister, Becky. Despite her fianc�, D.I...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cults  demons  fiction
  • The Body at Auercliff by Amy Cross

    The Body at Auercliff by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "We'll bury her so deep, even her ghost will have a mouth full of dirt!" When Rebecca Wallace arrives at Auercliff to check on her aged aunt, she's in for a shock. Her aunt's mind is crumbling, and the old woman refuses to let Rebecca stay overnight. And just as she thinks she's starting to understand the truth, Rebecca makes a horrifying discovery in one of the house's many spare rooms...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  gothic  horror
  • Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The door to Addison Lockhart's room opens. Five-year-old Sara Belle walks in. The child seems lost and confused. Addison reaches out, grabs Sara's hand, and the room goes black.Addison's eyes open to find she's been transported several decades into the past. She's sitting in the back seat of a car. Sara is beside her. The car stops at an intersection...
  • Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi

    Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, manuscripts – the written word has never had sharper teeth…From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride...
  • The Ghost Tree by Barbara Erskine

    The Ghost Tree by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Before you follow the path into your family’s history, beware of the secrets you may find…The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage, career and now the death of her father. She is now faced with the daunting task of clearing his house...
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    drama  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  crime  family
  • The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark

    The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He just spent everything on a house in disrepair, but he didn’t know someone was waiting inside. Tim Russell just put his last dollar on a handyman’s dream; a quaint but dilapidated farmhouse in New Hampshire. Newly single after a messy divorce, his plan is to live in the house as he restores it for resale...
  • Night Gallery by Rod Serling, Jim Benson

    Night Gallery by Rod Serling, Jim Benson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Night Gallery is one of three books written by Rod Serling based on stories he created for the 1970 television series by the same name. Similar to his Stories From The Twilight Zone books, he novelized six of the show’s scripts for this volume, including They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar, which was nominated for an Emmy award...
  • The Sense of Death by Matty Dalrymple, Sarah E. Purdum

    The Sense of Death by Matty Dalrymple, Sarah E. Purdum

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ann Kinnear has created a peaceful existence at her cabin in the Adirondack woods. But the calm is shattered after Philadelphia socialite Elizabeth Firth is reported missing. With few clues and fewer options, detective Joe Booth calls upon Ann's spirit sensing abilities to help solve the mystery...
  • The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen Power

    The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen Power

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trust no one. Especially your neighbors.Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her husband. She never leaves her safe haven in an anonymous doorman building, until one night a phone call sends her running. On her way to the garage, she is murdered in the elevator. But her story doesn’t end there...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • The End of Temperance Dare: A Novel by Wendy Webb

    The End of Temperance Dare: A Novel by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the author reviewers are calling the Queen of the Northern Gothic.When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death...
  • Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith

    Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full. The listener is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul...
  • Don't Look Back by Ben Cheetham

    Don't Look Back by Ben Cheetham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Adam’s eyes swelled in horror at the sight that confronted him. Henry was standing with his back against the front door, pale and rigid, his left hand pressed to his neck. Blood was seeping between his fingers, running down his wrist and dripping from his elbow onto the back of Jacob’s head...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  crime  fiction  gothic
  • নিশীথিনী by Humayun Ahmed

    নিশীথিনী by Humayun Ahmed

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    মিসির আলি সিরিজের বই। "নিশীথিনী" হচ্ছে "দেবী" এর দ্বিতীয়...
  • The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

    The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes the dead reach back...Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms in the shadows of her bedroom door at night, watching her, waiting for her to finally let down her guard enough to fall asleep...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  gothic
  • Love the Way You Lie by Lisa Unger

    Love the Way You Lie by Lisa Unger

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What's drawn four damaged people back to haunted land? The answer could destroy them all in a gripping short story about trapped memories and the lies we tell ourselves.Matthew, Claire, and Mason haven't been back to Merle House since the summer they were sixteen. They tried for years to put their history behind them, to forget the mystery of the girl who vanished so long ago...
  • The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice...
  • In The Blink Of An Eye by Wendy Corsi Staub

    In The Blink Of An Eye by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new novel of suspense that promises to propel USA Today bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub into the ranks of the masters of the genre.When a medium returns to the small-town home where her childhood friend was killed, she intends to coax the secrets of the house out into the light -- before the murderous force residing there makes both she and her friend's daughter its next victims...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
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    paranormal  drama  ghosts  romance  mlm  dark  lgbtq  horror
  • Onyx Webb: Book One by Richard Fenton, Andrea Waltz

    Onyx Webb: Book One by Richard Fenton, Andrea Waltz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who can she trust? What is the truth? Every decision has consequences. What you thought you knew about ghosts is wrong. Sometimes they can walk among the living. In Onyx Webb, the silk of time weaved between lives is generations apart. Follow a billionaire playboy who’s hit rock bottom in 2010, a girl off to prom in 1979, and Onyx Webb in 1906 on her sixth birthday...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  crime  dark  fiction  historical
  • From Away by Phoef Sutton

    From Away by Phoef Sutton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sammy Kehoe, his sister, Charlotte, and her four-year-old daughter, Maggie, are all each other have left since the car accident that killed the rest of their family. When they visit their beloved old family home on remote Fox Island, Maine, Sammy and Charlotte each have relationship sparks with island locals...
  • Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

    Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    The dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different...
  • Ghost Story by Peter Straub

    Ghost Story by Peter Straub

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In life, not every sin goes unpunished.GHOST STORYFor four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past -- and get away with murder...
  • Lineage by Joe Hart

    Lineage by Joe Hart

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A LIFE FILLED WITH ANGUISH Pain, horror, fear- These are the things that bestselling novelist Lance Metzger's life have been comprised of. His childhood remains a riddled wasteland of abuse by a sadistic father and the abandonment of an apathetic mother. In turn, his only refuge became his writing...
  • Circling the Drain by Lisa Unger

    Circling the Drain by Lisa Unger

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is it a hoax, or is it something unspeakably real? In this short story about evil games and spiraling secrets, whatever bargain you strike, there's a price to be paid.Mason Brandt dropped out of seminary and found a job at a spiritual center offering guidance to troubled teens. Mason was on himself years ago - a suspect in a young girl's disappearance. When a female student is found murdered...
  • Fog Descending by Lisa Unger

    Fog Descending by Lisa Unger

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A grief-stricken spiritualist thought his faith in life after death was broken. Until the ghosts of his past come calling in this short story of believing in what can’t be seen.Driven by an uncanny mystery from his youth, Ian Randall became a “spiritual cleanser,” ridding disturbances from homes. But his belief in the beyond was challenged by his wife’s death...
  • Forever Odd by Dean Koontz

    Forever Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it.Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's why he's won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death...
  • Night After Night by Phil Rickman

    Night After Night by Phil Rickman

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A spooky supernatural thriller by the author of the Merrily Watkins seriesLiam Defford doesn't believe in ghosts. As the head of a production company, however, he does believe in high-impact TV. On the lookout for his next idea, he hires journalist Grayle Underhill to research the history of Knap Hall—a Tudor farmhouse turned luxury hotel, abandoned by its owners at the height of its success...
  • 314 book 3 by A.R. Wise

    314 book 3 by A.R. Wise

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alma Harper and her friends have been struggling to figure out the puzzle of lies weaved in the town of Widowsfield. They've escaped the grasp of The Watcher, but now The Skeleton Man is free as well, and no one's certain what he's capable of. The Watcher in the Walls is forced to craft new lies, and weave a new nightmare in Widowsfield, but he longs for the return of the Harpers...
  • The Redwood Asylum by L.A. Detwiler

    The Redwood Asylum by L.A. Detwiler

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The dead do talk ... if you’re brave enough to hear their sinister secrets.In a thick forest sits a forgotten stone building, The Redwood Asylum. Once inside, the criminally insane, the darkly disturbed, and the eternally confused residents learn one thing very quickly: they are at the mercy of ruthless evil in many forms...
  • Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca

    Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the morning, Bram finds the bones of a murdered child. At noon, the murdered child begs for his help. And by nightfall, they have killed a man together and set off into the afterlife, where nothing is what it was, and death is only the beginning of punishment. An eerie story about the nature of death and the self, Midnight Picnic inhabits an American landscape made strange and unfamiliar...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Thirty Scary Tales by Rayne Hall

    Thirty Scary Tales by Rayne Hall

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thirty creepy, atmospheric horror stories by Rayne Hall.These stories are 'quiet' horror, not overly violent and gory, although there are some graphic moments. Please note: these stories have been previously published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies as well as in the Six Scary Tales collections.British English...
  • Wicked Innocents: Case No. 1 by S.H. Livernois

    Wicked Innocents: Case No. 1 by S.H. Livernois

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone is good at heart. Until the heart is broken.Nelly Huggett swears something took her mother, brother, and father. She doesn’t know what, or when, or how. And she needs Hyla and Lizeth Frontenac to bring them all back.Trouble is, her story doesn’t make sense. Though one thing is certain: something evil has infected the Huggett house...
  • Dark Side of Sunset Pointe by Michael Allan Scott

    Dark Side of Sunset Pointe by Michael Allan Scott

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 193870195X / ISBN13: 9781938701955.“An intriguing hook and a sympathetic protagonist in a world that, while seemingly depraved and dark, is clearly recognizable and believable. A well-built mystery…” Kirkus Reviews"You see the crime through the eyes of the victims . .
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    drama  paranormal  adult  book  crime  dark  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • 3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan

    3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes, the most evil things come from the most holy... Conflicted with his faith in God and the hypocrisy of the church, Aidan Schaeffer, a young assistant pastor, is in a constant state of spiritual turmoil. When Aidan learns that his ex-fiancee is the first victim in a string of ritualistic killings, he finds himself in the middle of an even deeper fight...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  demons  fiction  horror
  • Escape from Asylum by Madeleine Roux

    Escape from Asylum by Madeleine Roux

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The nightmare is just beginning.Ricky Desmond has been through this all before. If he could just get through to his mother, he could convince her that he doesn’t belong at Brookline. From the man who thinks he can fly to the woman who killed her husband, the other patients are nothing like him; all he did was lose his temper just a little bit, just the once...
  • The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, & The Warden by Madeleine Roux

    The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, & The Warden by Madeleine Roux

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three chilling novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling novel Asylum, which Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut." For the first time, these three terrifying stories will appear together with new found photographs perfect for new readers or diehard series fans looking for new clues and insights into the thrilling world of Asylum...
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    ghosts  paranormal  abuse  book  crime  fiction  gothic  high-school
  • House of Many Shadows by Barbara Michaels

    House of Many Shadows by Barbara Michaels

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meg Rittenhouse fears she is losing her mind. The doctors tell her the strange and disturbing hallucinations she's been experiencing ever since her accident are all in her head, and that, with a little rest, the haunting visions will vanish. But accepting an invitation to stay with her cousin in the country may be the worst decision Meg has ever made...
  • The Crying Child by Barbara Michaels

    The Crying Child by Barbara Michaels

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trapped between madness and imagination...From the moment she arrived on King's Island, Joanne McMullen knew that her sister's grief over losing her child had driven her dangerously close to madness. Jo grew anxious when Mary confided that she heard a thin, insistent wail that rose up beyond the dark Maine woods...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  gothic
  • Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart

    Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    William ""Dead"" Kennedy has problems. He's haunted by family, by dead people with unfinished business, and by those perfect pop songs that you can't get out of your head. He's a 32-year-old Texan still in love with his ex-wife. He just lost his job at Pet-Co for eating cat food. His air-conditioning is broken, there's no good music on the radio, and he's been dreaming about ghost roads...
  • Ghost Song by Sarah Rayne

    Ghost Song by Sarah Rayne

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The old Tarleton music hall is the subject of a mysterious building restriction that has kept it closed for more than 90 years. When Robert Fallon is asked to survey the structure, he finds clues indicating that its long twilight sleep may contain a sinister secret...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  crime  fiction  gothic  haunted-places
  • One in a Million by Tony Faggioli

    One in a Million by Tony Faggioli

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A supernatural thriller trilogy with strong romantic elements and a crime/detective subplot. Kyle Fasano has it all: a loving wife, two children and a house on the hill. Still, for one night, it’s not enough. Risking everything, he has a fling with a woman from the office. He knows better, but she offers a simple temptation. Napoleon Villa has very little. No real family or home...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  crime  fiction  horror
  • My Daylight Monsters by Sarah Dalton

    My Daylight Monsters by Sarah Dalton

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I always thought my demons came out in the day, rather than at night. I’ve never been scared of the dark. I’ve only ever been scared of real things: getting ill, having injections, physical pain… death. Those are my monsters, not ghosts or vampires or whatever else can hide under your bed at night. I was wrong.The dark makes everything worse...
  • The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe

    The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After the death of his wife, Scottish scholar Andrew Macleod finds solace in his research. Delving into an ancient text entitled Matrix Aeternitatis, Andrew allows himself to be drawn into an inner circle of evil from which there is no escape. Poised on the edge of the horrific abyss between life and death, Andrew's life will never again be his own. Original...
  • The Pit Stop: This Stop Could be Life or Death by Carmen DeSousa

    The Pit Stop: This Stop Could be Life or Death by Carmen DeSousa

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Homicide detectives Gino Canale and Mark Waters don't believe in ghosts. Not yet anyway.The Pit Stop (This Stop Could be Life or Death):When a reoccurring dream implies that Detective Canale’s grandparents' deaths might actually have been homicides, he realizes he’s either connecting to the other side or going crazy. And he’s not sure which thought scares him more...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  crime  family
  • Beyond Evidence by Emma L. Clapperton

    Beyond Evidence by Emma L. Clapperton

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In an alley way of the back streets of Glasgow there lies a decomposing corpse of a slain female baking in the midday heat. No one has found her yet, but medium Patrick McLaughlin knows she is there. It is not the first time he has dreamt of death... and he soon finds out that it is not to be the last...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  crime  dark  fiction  horror
  • Beckoning Souls by J.R. Tate

    Beckoning Souls by J.R. Tate

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nathan Gallagher doesn’t believe in ghosts. As a fireman, he’s seen his share of dead people, but they never spoke to him before—until now. His marriage is great, and his relationship with his son is strong, but Nathan is sure that if he tells his family that he’s seeing ghosts, it is a quick ticket to a padded room and a straightjacket...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings  horror  mystery
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