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Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
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Dolores Claiborne/Insomnia/Rose Madder by Stephen King
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTitles include Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia and Rose Madder... -
![Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan]()
Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClose your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago... -
![The Dule Tree by H.P. Bayne]()
The Dule Tree by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow do you find someone who no longer exists? Two years after the supposed death of his brother Sully, Dez wakes up six feet under and six inches from death. With no air remaining, he is pulled back from the brink—by Sully. The reunion is short-lived. Sully is kidnapped by a pair of masked assailants, leaving Dez desperate to find him... -
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![The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne]()
The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mysterious death. A vicious gang. And a spectre whose presence foreshadows a horrific fate.When the Wynne family inherits a house from a deceased family member, they didn’t expect a ghost to come with it.The frightening figure of a skeletal, wild wraith with a bloodcurdling scream leads the Wynnes to seek the help of psychic private investigator, Sully Gray. Rarely does Sully land simple cases... -
![Moran and Moran by Ron Ripley]()
Moran and Moran by Ron Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Shane Ryan, ghost hunting isn’t just a job. It’s war…Still recovering from his recent tragedy, retired marine Shane Ryan receives a call from James Moran, a well-known dealer of haunted items in New England. A robbery gone wrong has left Moran with a trail of dead bodies, and a missing box of items from his inventory. And he wants Shane to track down the thief... -
![Sisters of Mercy: Spookshow 8 by Tim McGregor]()
Sisters of Mercy: Spookshow 8 by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmbarking on a new chapter in life, reluctant psychic Billie Culpepper, works overtime to open her own bar. Excited at the prospect of her new business, she's also well aware that most bars fail in their first six months. There's no margin for error here. Across town, Detective Mockler, investigates two gruesome homicides linked to an alleged curse that mimics the signs of the stigmata... -
![Brutal Lessons by Ron Ripley]()
Brutal Lessons by Ron Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSubject B is about to learn a new lesson in terror… Marcus Holt survived the Vietnam War. But his greatest battle has only just began. Kidnapped by the sadistic Professor Abel Worthe, the former soldier is forced to take part in a diabolical experiment. Now known as Subject B, Marcus is trapped in a haunted village, where he must survive one terrifying ordeal after another... -
![Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne]()
Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall... -
![Silent Death by Ron Ripley]()
Silent Death by Ron Ripley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Subject B, death is only one scream away… As war veteran Marcus Holt and the others struggle to escape Worthe’s haunted village, they find themselves stalked by a new enemy. A paranoid psychotic, this demented soul hears voices in her head and is convinced that people are talking about her. Armed with her hatchet, she is determined to murder everyone in the village to silence them all... -
![Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes]()
Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dark magic seeks to rise even as the dust settles...It's been more than a year since Jess and Hannah Ballard fought to return the power of the Gateways where it rightfully belongs, and the Durupinen world is slowly adjusting to its altered relationship with the spirit world... -
![Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan]()
Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong ago, dreams glowed on the screen under the night sky at the old drive-in theater. Once an attraction drawing families and teenagers from miles around, the theater has sat dark and silent for years, its former bright, carnival-like atmosphere a distant memory.A young family brings the forgotten theater to life with a new, modern vision for its future, but strange troubles plague them... -
![The Haunting of Silver Creek Lodge by Alexandria Clarke]()
The Haunting of Silver Creek Lodge by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small town rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, a recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake... -
![Legion by Shani Struthers]()
Legion by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegion is the sixth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that features plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart!What if evil won't let go?Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it... -
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![Hell's Hammer by Ron Ripley, Thom Bowers]()
Hell's Hammer by Ron Ripley, Thom Bowers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn experiment in terror pushed him to his limits. Now Subject B is fighting back. His name is Marcus Holt. He is a fighter, a survivor, and a decorated combat veteran. But to the sadistic Professor Abel Worthe, Marcus is known merely as Subject B -- a pawn in the scientist’s inhumane experiments. Worthe is an expert in the study of death and fear... -
![Soul Harvest by Ron Ripley, Thom Bowers]()
Soul Harvest by Ron Ripley, Thom Bowers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSubject B will do anything to get his life back. But the dead have other plans…Kidnapped by the brilliant Professor Worthe, Vietnam vet Marcus Holt is forced to take part in a sadistic experiment. Worthe's game has one objective: to see how much fear a man can survive. Now known as Subject B, Marcus is about to discover the answer to that question… Whether he likes it or not... -
![The Housekeeper: A Christmas Ghost Story by Leona Grace]()
The Housekeeper: A Christmas Ghost Story by Leona Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith only a few days left before Christmas, Fiona Cameron prepares to leave Fitzwilliam Hall for the last time. All hope of staying in her childhood home are gone, as are the chances of finding the one man who could have saved the Hall... -
![Ascendant by Michelle Dorey]()
Ascendant by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHard as hell was just the beginning… Keira Swanson’s life has undergone enormous changes. From a shaky start of being a spoiled rotten trust fund beeyotch, she now she risks her very life for dead people. Yes, helping the dead move on can get you killed. Things are about to get harder... -
![Mother's Day, the Krewe, and a Really Big Dog by Heather Graham]()
Mother's Day, the Krewe, and a Really Big Dog by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short Krewe story, approximately 7,000 words, and told from a different perspective, and with a different take on the Krewe!Angela Hawkins is being stalked—right before her first Mother’s Day. But unbeknownst to the stalker, the stalker is being stalked in turn.The situation might be deadly, Jackson is worried... -
![The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke]()
The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJamie Layton has a secret.Running from her past, Jamie Layton takes a new job as a nanny to two volatile, rebellious children at a stately mansion in a reclusive area of town. Rumors fly about the mysterious death of the children’s father, and when strange things happen at night, Jamie and the children must confront the horrors that haunt the house... -
![For Honor and Glory by Heather Graham]()
For Honor and Glory by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMemorial Day approaches and an old friend of Adam's dies visiting an historic graveyard. Heart attack? Or somethingelse, since General Whitaker had texted Adam Harrison about strange events happening there?Jackson and Angela investigate to discover the truth, learning more about war and peace and the human condition along the way.(Short story, approx...Categorized as:
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![Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham]()
Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Short Story" Approximately 6000 wordsNo way out of it—Christmas 2020 was going to be different.But Jackson Crow and Angela Hawkins are “home for Christmas.” Other agents are covering the office and they’ve just bought a home with a yard for their baby daughter and adopted son.But their neighbor, newly widowed, hears strange noises in the yard, a rustling... -
![Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford]()
Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final book in the Haunted saga.Sarah Pearson has returned home. Back to the place it all started for her. There… the darkness waits, intending to use her to usher in the End of Days.And it succeeds.While the world falls into chaos and the dead start to walk the earth, David Ritter, Reverend Quinn, and Ralph Cobin face a race against time to pull the world back from the brink... -
![Selections from Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, Dana Ivey]()
Selections from Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, Dana Ivey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFour selections from the 1985 bestseller feature four of Stephen King's most gruesome and diabolical stories including "The Raft... -
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![Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson]()
Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into.Less than 48 hours into his reprieve, the forest tranquility is shattered when he looks through a telescope and witnesses the violent abduction of a young woman... -
![Bones by Andrew Cull]()
Bones by Andrew Cull
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Bones' brings together four chilling ghost stories by award winning writer-director Andrew Cull. Four monsters collected in paperback for the first time. 'Did You Forget About Me?'"He had written to me a month or so before he died. I'd ignored the letter the same way I'd ignored all the others... -
![Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey]()
Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe newest eerie tale from best selling author Michelle Dorey Serenity Lodge is haunted. Don’t ask the residents suffering dementia if that’s true. Ask the nurses. Amanda Ennis is the new nurse at Serenity Lodge nursing home. It’s a dream job after years of the hectic pace in the emergency room of a large hospital... -
![By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss]()
By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA nightmarish tale of revenge, anguish, and human connection, BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN is thrilling, chilling, and heartfelt in equal measure... Naked in the sand, Lewis coughs seawater from his lungs. Disoriented, he blinks his eyes, rubs them for good measure, but the result is the same. The sky is as black as the beach below it. In this place, the sun and moon and stars are long dead... -
![Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke]()
Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn his confession, Ben McCloud told Detective Chief Inspector John Walker about the four murders that took place at Black Hill Farm. But what about the others? There are two sides to every story and this is Andy’s. 'Andy's Diary' the second book in the paranormal romance series: ‘Black Hill Farm’. For young adults aged 16 years and over... -
![Blood in the Mirror by Ron Ripley]()
Blood in the Mirror by Ron Ripley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mirror’s gleaming reflection bears untold secrets of a dark and haunting past…Stefan Korzh is at it again, and while Ivan’s deadly ghost has thrown a wrench into his son’s plans, the spiteful road to revenge continues. More haunted items from the family’s notorious collection are appearing with new owners... -
![Sleepless Nights: 168 Thriller, Horror, Suspense, and Mystery Short Stories by Tobias Wade]()
Sleepless Nights: 168 Thriller, Horror, Suspense, and Mystery Short Stories by Tobias Wade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat's the worst that can happen? Let's find out. I love my new sex doll.Her silicone is as soft and pliable as real human skin. It even heats up to the right temperature with a pulse and everything. A dial on the back of her head gives twelve personality options, including “family friendly”, “intellectual”, “shy”, and “sexual”... -
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Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig... -
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Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her... -
![The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock]()
The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Jo returns to Seven Sisters but the happy homecoming is short-lived. The spiritual atmosphere has shifted and the dream catcher quickly discovers that all is not well. As Carrie Jo's dream catching gift becomes much more complicated, she makes mistakes...and some of them trigger a cascade of unhappy events... -
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![Katarina by Sue Fineman]()
Katarina by Sue Fineman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree psychic sisters taken from their abusive mother as children reunite at their grandmother’s funeral. They inherit the family fortune, including the old mansion on the river in Florida. The estate called River Oaks is haunted by the ghosts of ancestors and family slaves. Katarina, a teacher, lived on a ranch in Arizona... -
![The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock]()
The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummerleigh's Renovations Aren't Making Every One Happy Will the ghost of Mariane McIntyre scare everyone away? A flurry of appearances by the long-dead Lady In White prompts Jerica and Jesse to get to the bottom of her murder... -
![The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross]()
The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle... and the man has lost his memory.Five years later, messages from the dead warn of impending doom for Crowford... -
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44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Christmastime and the nights are far from silent for Abby Craig.She is haunted by a vision unlike anything she has ever experienced before. As a church bell rings out in the lonely night, a young woman is left dying in an alley, her blood staining the snow beneath her... -
![Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham]()
Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short story (apprx. 10,000 words) in which Angela Hawkins and Jackson Crow are called upon to help a friend in need . . .Strange baskets are arriving on Eliza Andrews' doorstep and a strange face is appearing in her window... -
![When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham]()
When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDevin Lyle and Craig Rockwell are back, this time to a haunted castle in Ireland where a banshee may have gone wild—or maybe there's a much more rational explanation—one that involves a disgruntled heir, murder, and mayhem, all with that sexy light touch Heather Graham has turned into her trademark style... -
![Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford]()
Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the heart of the catacombs, evil stirs.Sarah Pearson is lured into the eerie depths of the Paris Catacombs after seeing an unsettling video. On it, the ghostly appearance of an old friend beckons her into the darkness. But the Catacombs hold more secrets than Sarah anticipates, and the shadows within are not all from the dead... -
![Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood]()
Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysitting goes to hell when bombs explode in the distance, planes fly overhead at low altitudes, and alerts on her phone tell her to seek shelter. Luckily, the boy she babysits tells her his father has a bunker in the yard... -
![The River by Noelle W. Ihli]()
The River by Noelle W. Ihli
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA short post-script to Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli. Learn what happened to April... -
![Dark Hollow Road by Rebecca Patrick-Howard]()
Dark Hollow Road by Rebecca Patrick-Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teenage girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see... When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream! Historical mysteries never seemed so alive, and solvable. But sometimes the past should stay buried... -
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![Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell]()
Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death. With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case... -
![Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon]()
Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEES Every crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA. It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted. And only the man, the woman, and the boy know this... -
![Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England]()
Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1970, and Baba Lenka begins in an icy Bavarian village with a highly unorthodox funeral. The deceased is Baba Lenka, great-grandmother to Eva Hart. But a terrible thing happens at the funeral, and from that moment on everything changes for seven year old Eva. The family fly back to Yorkshire but it seems the cold Alpine winds have followed them home...and the ghost of Baba Lenka has followed Eva... -
![Carrie / The Tommyknockers by Stephen King]()
Carrie / The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo classic novels of diverse terror that could only come from the master of modern horror and suspense. CarrieTo be invited to the Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie White - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues... -
![The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey]()
The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author Michelle Dorey, a new episode of ‘The Haunted Ones’, spine chilling tales of ordinary people confronting unspeakable evilOn their annual girls’ weekend three friends gather for a macabre reunion in this chilling tale of ghosts, hauntings and the occult... -
![In Darkness Dwell by Amy Cross]()
In Darkness Dwell by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“It's all anybody can talk about. He's out there somewhere in the night, stalking the streets as he searches for his next victim.” A killer is loose in London, copying the murders of Jack the Ripper. Alone on the streets, Maddie tries to find a place to hide, but she soon starts to see a silhouetted figure following her through the night...
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