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The Shawshank Redemption: Different Seasons by Stephen King
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star in The Shawshank Redemption, now a major motion picture from Columbia based on the novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption in Different Seasons by Stephen King. A prisoner exacts a revenge and escape so meticulous, so brilliant, that no one suspects his plan. . . -
![Her Final Word by Willow Rose]()
Her Final Word by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRather be the hunter than the prey. Inspired by a true story. Ella Maria Chauncey walks home after a night out with her friends, hurrying to get back before her parents realize she's been out with the boy they don't want her to date. Living in the gated community of Lyford Cay, in one of the world's wealthiest neighborhoods, she believes it is safe. Ella Maria never makes it home... -
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Angelica And Francesca by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAngelica and Francesca are the identical twin daughters of Pellrue, Duke of Doretay. Doretay is a state within a kingdom called Vidien, which Angelica's and Francesca's great uncle, King Oscar, rules. Pellrue attempts to keep control of his wicked, evil daughters as they keep entering his city and raising havoc by torturing and murdering the common citizens within...Categorized as:
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![Ramonst by A.F. Knott]()
Ramonst by A.F. Knott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHidden in the mountains of East Tennessee, an eleven-year old goes about the business of being a boy during the summer of 1970. Within a balance of terror and innocence, he bears silent witness to ghosts of the dead and the cruelties of a teenage killer while local justice plays out in a community carved from legacies of coal mining and religion... -
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![Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories by Roald Dahl]()
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThese five short stories offer a selection of Dahl's adult writing. Parson's Pleasure is a country tale, A Piece of Cake, a wartime reminiscence, Lamb to the Slaughter a story of vengeful murder, and the remaining two, The Bookseller and The Butler, are on favorite themes of greed and snobbery... -
![See No Evil by Allison Brennan]()
See No Evil by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying... -
![Mean Ghouls by Stacia Deutsch]()
Mean Ghouls by Stacia Deutsch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRotten Apple Books: Unexpected. Unforgettable. Undead. Get bitten!If Megan thought life at her new boarding school was going to be easy, she was dead wrong. All the students have the same mysterious virus--one that's slowly turning them all into zombies. The teachers at Zombie Academy are lifeless and the food stinks. Literally... -
![Bad Things by Tamara Thorne]()
Bad Things by Tamara Thorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe house has been in his family for generations. But it really belongs to them…The Piper clan emigrated from Scotland and founded the town of Santo Verde, California. The Gothic Victorian estate built there has housed the family for generations, and has also become home to an ancient evil forever linked to the Piper name…As a boy, Rick Piper discovered he had “the sight... -
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![Keep It In The Family by John Marrs]()
Keep It In The Family by John Marrs
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible secrets—and not all of them are confined to the past.Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC... -
![Remember Me by Christopher Pike]()
Remember Me by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS DEAD.When Shari Cooper awoke at home after being at her girlfriend's birthday party, her family acted like she wasn't there. They didn't hear a thing she said. They wouldn't even look at her. Then the call came from the hospital. Her father and brother paled. Her mother started to cry. Shari didn't know what was wrong. Not until she followed them to the hospital... -
![The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards]()
The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies . It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather forget, she wonders if she has made a mistake. A fatal mistake... -
![الجزار by حسن الجندي]()
الجزار by حسن الجندي
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsاعذرنى وددت لو تشاركنى فى تذوق ذلك اللحم ولكن اعرف ان ستمانع قليلا لاسباب شخصيةقال الرجل العبارة السابقة ثم اشار بإحدى يديه اتجاه معين فى جسد الرجل الاخر فما كان من الرجل الاخر الا انه حاول بشئ من الجهد ان يحرك رقبته لينظر للموضع الذى اشار له الرجل الذى ياكل اللحم بعد مجهود استطاع تحريك رقبته لاسفل قليلا ليجد انه نام لون احمر يقابل عينيه اثناء نزولها لاسفل فجأة شاهد الرجل شئ ما عند قدمه فاتسعت... -
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Webcam by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLibrarian’s note: This is a previously-published edition ofKindle ASIN: B01CVWSXCQ. Someone is stalking webcam models.He lurks in the untouchable recesses of the black web.He's watching you. Right now.When watching is no longer enough, he comes calling.He's the last thing you'll ever see before the blood gets in your eyes... -
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![The Off Season by Colleen Thompson]()
The Off Season by Colleen Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinter winds off the Atlantic have turned the tourist mecca of Seaside Creek, New Jersey, into a ghost town. Dr. Christina Paxton, however, is growing accustomed to living with ghosts. Recently widowed, the emergency room physician has returned to the shore with her young daughter, house-sitting a sprawling beachside Victorian home... -
![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... -
![This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn]()
This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do if street thugs invaded your home? What if you're a daycare provider, caring for a dozen children at the time? Lisa Kaamp, a most unlikely heroine, faces just such a nightmare in This Time You Lose , the suspense driven story of one woman's struggle to survive when she and the children she cares for become victims of a home invasion gone terribly wrong... -
![Eye for an Eye by Graham Masterton]()
Eye for an Eye by Graham Masterton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMeet DS Katie Maguire. With her bright green eyes and short red hair, she looks like an Irish pixie. But she is no soft touch. In this exclusive short story, Ireland's most fearless detective hunts down a priest-killer in county Cork... -
![Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill, Chris Riddell]()
Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill, Chris Riddell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail...If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies.. -
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Spellbinders in Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTable of contents:"The Chinese Puzzle Box" by Agatha Christie"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell"The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier"Puzzle For Poppy" by Patrick Quentin"Eyewitness" by Robert Arthur"Man From The South" by Roald Dahl"Black Magic" by Sax Rohmer"Treasure Trove" by F... -
![Temptation by Janice Harrell]()
Temptation by Janice Harrell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the creators of the bestselling Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle here's a trio of perfectly packaged teen thrillers. The first novel centers on a young girl's discovery that the exciting, rich boy she's fallen in love with is involved in the mysterious disappearance--and possible murder--of another girl... -
![The Night Visitor by Dianne Emley]()
The Night Visitor by Dianne Emley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn bestselling author Dianne Emley’s chilling new paranormal thriller, a beautiful woman’s romantic past comes back to haunt her in the form of an otherworldly visitor seeking justice. Gorgeous and successful, Rory Langtry seemed to have it all. Daughter of a movie star and sister of a supermodel, Rory was engaged to sexy artist, Junior Lara... -
![Twisted: The Collected Short Stories by Jeffery Deaver]()
Twisted: The Collected Short Stories by Jeffery Deaver
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has long thrilled fans with tales of masterful villains and their nefarious ways, and the brilliant minds who bring them to justice. Now the author of the Lincoln Rhyme series has collected for the first time his award-winning, spine-tingling stories of suspense -- stories that will widen your eyes and stretch your imagination... -
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Silent Treatment by Michael Palmer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn his five bestselling novels, from The Sisterhood to Natural Causes, physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic world--a world where the line between medicine and murder is scalpel-thin. Now, in his most harrowing suspense novel yet, Palmer reveals how the power to heal can become a license to kill... -
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![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... -
![Dangerous Behavior: A Novel by Walter Marks]()
Dangerous Behavior: A Novel by Walter Marks
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom an Emmy award-winning author comes a high-voltage psychological thriller, whose film rights have already been sold to Paramount/Scott Rudin... -
![The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Kathleen Olmstead, Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Kathleen Olmstead, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind and another that’s pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson’s engrossing masterpiece about the dual nature of man—and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic consequences—serves up all the suspense and satisfying chills one expects from the best horror and science fiction... -
![Will Starling: A Novel by Ian Weir]()
Will Starling: A Novel by Ian Weir
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Reckoning of WM. STARLING, Esq., a Foundling, concerning Monstrous Crimes and Infernal Aspirations, with Perpetrators Named and Shrouded Infamies disclosed to Light of Day, as set down by his Own Hand in this year 1816London, 1816. The Napoleonic War is over, Romanticism is at its high tide, and the great city is charged with the thrill of scientific discovery and Regency abandon... -
![Seelenangst: Thriller. by Veit Etzold, Andy Matern]()
Seelenangst: Thriller. by Veit Etzold, Andy Matern
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClara Vidalis, Expertin für Pathopsychologie am LKA Berlin, hat gerade die Folgen ihrer Hetzjagd auf den Serienkiller "Der Namenlose" verkraftet, als die Hauptstadt von einer neuen, noch perfideren Mordserie erschüttert wird... -
![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... -
![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... -
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Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow by Tilly Bagshawe, Sidney Sheldon
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times Bestselling Author Sweeping from Mexico City to the dark underbelly of LA, The Silent Widow has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating... -
![Dolan's Cadillac by Stephen King]()
Dolan's Cadillac by Stephen King
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWealthy crime-boss Jimmy Dolan brutally murders a woman who is scheduled to testify against him, and her husband spends the next seven years plotting his revenge. Haunted by the voice of his dead wife, he will stop at nothing to exact his vengeance and allow his wife to rest in peace... -
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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... -
![O Mistério do 5 Estrelas by Marcos Rey]()
O Mistério do 5 Estrelas by Marcos Rey
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUm homem é assassinado no apartamento 222 do Emperor Park Hotel. O único que viu o corpo foi Léo, o mensageiro. Mas ninguém acredita em suas histórias, a não ser seus amigos Gino, Ângela e Guima. Léo é apenas um garoto e seus inimigos são ricos e poderosos. sem ter provas nenhuma contra elas, acaba perdendo o emprego e sendo procurado pela polícia, achando que tem problema de cabeça... -
![Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon]()
Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen she visits her great-uncle, a successful and self-centered author, at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder... -
![Black by Fleur Ferris]()
Black by Fleur Ferris
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEbony Marshall is in her final year of high school. Five months, two weeks and four days . . . She can't wait to leave the town where she's known only as ‘Black'. Because of her name, of course. But for another reason, too. Everyone says Black Marshall is cursed. Three of her best friends have died in tragic accidents. After Oscar, the whispers started. Now she's used to being on her own... -
![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... -
![Road to Nowhere by Christopher Pike]()
Road to Nowhere by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Dark And Stormy Night. Teresa Chafey is running away from home. Driving north along the California coast, she picks up two mysterious hitchhikers: Poppy Corn and Freedom Jack. Together the three of them tell stories: Teresa of her devastating relationship with her boyfriend, Poppy of a sad young woman she once knew, and Freedom of a talented young man with a violent temper... -
![Gone Too Far by Natalie D. Richards]()
Gone Too Far by Natalie D. Richards
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKeeping secrets ruined her life. But the truth might just kill her.Piper Woods can't wait for the purgatory of senior year to end. She skirts the fringes of high school like a pro until the morning she finds a notebook with mutilated photographs and a list of student sins. She's sure the book is too gruesome to be true, until pretty, popular Stella dies after a sex-tape goes viral... -
![The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde & the Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde & the Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr Jekyll faces awful consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the disgustingly evil Mr Hyde... -
![The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley]()
The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrange things have been happening at Franny's new school.First it was the Jelly Worm Fad.Then came the exploding headaches that kept students home for days.When the latest creepy phenomenon lands her sister in the hospital, Franny and her new friend, Beamer, try to get to the bottom of it.Following a hunch, Franny discovers the one link that all these kids share—they're rabid fans of I. M... -
![Steel Valentine by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Steel Valentine by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Even before Morley told him, Dennis knew things were about to get ugly. A man did not club you unconscious, bring you to his estate and tie you to a chair in an empty storage shed out back of the place if he merely intended to give you a valentine. Morley had found out about him and Julie... -
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![Playing for Keeps by Joan Lowery Nixon]()
Playing for Keeps by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRosie can’t believe her good luck. Her grandmother, Glory, needs a last-minute roommate for a cruise to the Caribbean. Glory doesn’t really need a companion–she’s eager for Rosie to meet her friend’s grandson, Neil, a brainy guy full of facts about baseball. Once Rosie is aboard the ship, though, someone else catches her eye–a boy her own age, who introduces himself as Ricky Diago... -
![Hush by Mark Nykanen]()
Hush by Mark Nykanen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn art therapist in Oregon becomes suspicious of weird drawings by a pupil. So begins the story of a serial killer who marries single mothers in order to abuse their children... -
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Number Seventy-Five by Ashley Fontainne
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDating can be deadly....Three years after the demise of her 17-year marriage, Mandy Russell decides to jump back into the choppy waters of the dating world. With very few options available in her small town of Bainsville, Tennessee, Mandy lets her best friend, Shawna, persuade her into joining an online dating site... -
![The 100 Society by Carla Spradbery]()
The 100 Society by Carla Spradbery
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor sixth-form student Grace Becker, The 100 Society is more than just a game; it's an obsession. Having convinced her five friends at Clifton Academy to see it through to the end, Grace will stop at nothing to carry out the rules of the game: tagging 100 locations around the city. With each step closer to the 100-mark they get, the higher the stakes become... -
![Nobody's There by Joan Lowery Nixon]()
Nobody's There by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA game of private detective turns deadly for an unlikely sleuth combo.How did Abbie Thompson end up a sidekick to Edna Merkel, Senior Citizen Pseudo-Sleuth? It all started when Abbie was so furious at her father for breaking up their family that she acted without thinking and was arrested for malicious mischief... -
![13 Tales of Horror (Point Horror, #12) by T. Pines, D.E. Athkins]()
13 Tales of Horror (Point Horror, #12) by T. Pines, D.E. Athkins
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou don't really want to read this... do you? The masters of horror are waiting to take you on a terrifying ride, and there are 13 stops.Meet the new guy in town, very handsome, very sexy, and very deadly. Dine on sweet and wonderfully inviting confections - they're good to the last breath. Learn that some spells can never be broken...Inside you'll find the works of 13 masters of horror...
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