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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNo longer need the Edgar Allen Poe enthusiast search through scattered volumes in order to enjoy his tales and poetry. The Modern Library Giant series provides the ideal solution for the problem of gathering every story and poem written by Poe between the covers of a single book... -
![The Stand by Stephen King]()
The Stand by Stephen King
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsWhen a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99 percent of humanity within a few weeks. The survivors who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader... -
![Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher]()
Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Blood Rites and Dead Beat... -
![Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher]()
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains Proven Guilty and White Night... -
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![The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter]()
The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter is the calling card the killer left behind... -
![Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White]()
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller, that pulls no punches, for teens who see the failures in our world and are pushing for radical change.A gut-wrenching story following a trans autistic teen who survives an attempted murder, only to be drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them... -
![Drift by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea]()
Drift by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThey killed the wrong girl. Rachel Hatch will make them pay. New from USA Today & Amazon two-million copy bestselling author L.T. Ryan with Brian Shea. Ex-Army criminal investigator Rachel Hatch is a drifter. No home. No commitments. Until her sister's drowning drags her back to the town she left fifteen years ago... -
![The Complete Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Complete Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written--poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition... -
![Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young]()
Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBased on the real-life horrors faced by thousands of girls, award-winning author Pamela Samuels Young takes readers deep inside the disturbing world of child sex trafficking in a fast-paced thriller that educates as much as it entertains. Thirteen-year-old Brianna Walker is ecstatic. She's about to sneak off to meet her first real boyfriend—a boyfriend she met on Facebook... -
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Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery Serial Killer... A serial killer is stalking the streets of New Orleans. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. There are no clues, no connections except one: a crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness--and is now the calling card of a new kind of fear. Is Searching For.. -
![Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring]()
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe play is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, author who wrights against marriage who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with a honeymoon with the woman he loves and has recently agreed to marry... -
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Harvest by Tess Gerritsen
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratings* This is an updated cover of this Kindle edition. *For Dr. Abby DiMatteo, the long road to Boston’s Bayside Hospital has been anything but easy. Now, immersed in the grinding fatigue of her second year as a surgical resident, she’s elated when the hospital’s elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit... -
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The Loner by J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost people have no idea that successful young businessman Conrad Browning is the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. And that's one secret he plans to keep--until his beautiful wife, Rebel, was kidnapped by a group of deadly bandits...Categorized as:
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Gangland by Chuck Hogan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of the most infamous unprosecuted mob bosses in American history, and the hidden crime that will bring down an empire.In the late 1970s, The Outfit has the entire city of Chicago in its hands. Tony Accardo is its fearless leader... -
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![The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan]()
The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCircumstances surrounding an unexplained spike in deaths among homeless men have Tony Marcella suspecting paranormal forces are again at work in the town of New Castle. But things get complicated when his investigation is stifled by his hopeless infatuation with a witch who just may be at the heart of the mystery... -
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Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarter was only twelve when he witnessed the disaster that killed more than a hundred people at Starland Amusement Park. Five years later, Carter’s hometown is no longer a busy Florida panhandle resort, but a slowly dying town full of empty motels and attractions rusting behind chains and padlocks.Now something evil stirs in the ruins of the old amusement park.. -
![Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck, Deena Warner]()
Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck, Deena Warner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck comes Prodigal Blues, his first foray into non-supernatural horror.After he finds himself stranded at a truck stop in Missouri, Mark Sieber gets one of the biggest shocks of his life when he recognizes the face of a little girl on a Missing poster as belonging to the same little girl he saw only a few minutes before... -
![Wounds by Alton Gansky]()
Wounds by Alton Gansky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man’s lifeless body is found in the fresh soil of San Diego’s botanical garden. Cause of death is asphyxiation, an easy call for the medical examiner. More mysterious, however, are the tiny drops of blood on the victim’s skin, resulting from hundreds of punctures.A rabbi leaving his house for work expects a regular day at the synagogue... -
![The Silent Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian]()
The Silent Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brand-new novella in the Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery series, featuring Emma Whitecastle’s daughter, Kelly—only available digitally… Like mother, like daughter? Emma Whitecastle’s daughter Kelly just wants to live a normal life and pursue her studies at Harvard... -
![Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod]()
Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyn works at an isolated roadside diner. When a retired combat veteran stages an assault there her world is turned upside down. Surviving the sniper’s bullets is only the beginning of Lyn's nightmare. Navigating hostilities, she establishes herself as the disputed leader of a diverse group of people that are at odds with the situation and each other... -
![The Haunting of Brandt Mansion: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery by Mason Dean]()
The Haunting of Brandt Mansion: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery by Mason Dean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe complicated history of the Brandt Mansion has been long forgotten.Few in the small, remote town of Tibbetts, Connecticut even remember the estate and the insidious events that took place years earlier. Struggling with writer’s block and a tight deadline for his new novel, David Pragmore suggests a retreat away from Hartford to his wife, Susan, in order to find fresh inspiration... -
![Ugly As Sin by James Newman]()
Ugly As Sin by James Newman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate.Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans left his face horribly disfigured, he's just a monster.Yanked from the spotlight and thrust into the shadows, these days Nick tries to live the life of an average Joe. He avoids mirrors. He's angry. He's alone... -
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Dead Suite by Wendy Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrime scene cleaner Sadie Novak has been blessed with the gift of second sight. But with ghosts of murder victims always popping up when she’s trying to work, her blessing sometimes seems more like a curse… With business slow, her mortgage payment looming, and her relationship with on-again off-again boyfriend Zack somewhere in limbo, Sadie could use a drink and a little rejuvenating R&R... -
![An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish]()
An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot Every Soul Rest in PeaceIn a remote corner of the Michigan woods, behind rusted iron gates and crumbling stone walls, lie one of the country's most notorious sanitariums and its forgotten cemetery. The sprawling ruin is empty now, and the bulldozers have come to raze it. But as they do, a terrifying secret begins to emerge... -
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![The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen]()
The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe house at 889 Morgan Road has been empty almost thirty years. Maybe it should have stayed that way. Kevin Taylor is an internet-famous handyman on a mission: Find a house and renovate it in thirty days. By flipping a derelict house in a month's time and chronicling the entire thing on video for his online subscribers, he seeks to impress a handful of network TV producers and become a star... -
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Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader's Chord , Scott Leeds's chilling debut about cursed vinyl records that open a gateway to the land of the dead.I told you they were real.After his estranged father’s mysterious death, Charlie Remick returns to Seattle to help with the funeral... -
![Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub]()
Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. . -
![Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass]()
Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAnthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter—the rising star of the state's medical examiners—to help her unravel a murderous puzzle... -
![You'll Never Know by Caleb Stephens]()
You'll Never Know by Caleb Stephens
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen his wife and unborn child are abducted, Grant Wilson races against the clock in this pulse-pounding thriller packed with riddles, danger, and the desperate fight to save his family, perfect for fans of Adrian McKinty’s The Chain.They took his wife. They took his child. He only has hours to find them … or they’re dead.Grant Wilson has never been happier... -
![Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White]()
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDoc Ford wrestles more than one kind of demon, in the stunning novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author. Many dangers lurk in the deep-the worst of them are human. Thirty minutes into what should have been an easy, beginner-level dive in a remote Florida lake, the rim of a cave collapses, trapping two of Doc Ford's friends... -
![In Silence by Erica Spindler]()
In Silence by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation... -
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Deathtrap by Ira Levin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSeemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds... -
![Chance of a Ghost by E.J. Copperman]()
Chance of a Ghost by E.J. Copperman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlison Kerby’s guesthouse is haunted all year round. Surviving the dead of winter, though? That’s a spooky proposition. Even with a blizzard bearing down on New Jersey, Alison can count on at least two guests—Paul and Maxie, the stubborn ghosts who share her shore town inn. Then there’s her widowed mother, who hasn’t just been seeing ghosts, she’s been secretly dating one: Alison’s father... -
![The Zombie Zone by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney]()
The Zombie Zone by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited to vacation in the Louisiana bayou. But the small village they visit has a scary problem. The villagers tell stories of voodoo and a giant zombie with silver hair who has been digging up graves in the cemetery. Can the tales be true? Illustrations... -
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![The Mystery of the Singing Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner]()
The Mystery of the Singing Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Aldens' cousins, Joe and Alice, move into a house that their neighbors say is haunted...Categorized as:
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![Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer]()
Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor some kids, Long Lake, Georgia is home. But for fourteen-year-old Baker Gray, it’s just another stop, another town in another state. Because of his mother’s nomadic lifestyle, he’s never had a best friend, never kissed a girl, and he’s certainly never met anyone like Cassandra Larsson—the enigmatic, older girl whose idea of fun blurs the line between right and wrong... -
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Mina and the Slayers by Amy McCaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNEW ORLEANS, 1995. MINA’S HAVING A KILLER HALLOWEEN.Three months after Fang Fest, Mina’s settling into her new life.Despite the teething problems in her relationship with Jared, she has her sister back, new friends and a part-time job to die for.Over Halloween, Mina and the gang have planned a spooky week of Gothic restaurants, horror movies, ghostly tours, creepy carnivals and a costume ball... -
![The Peabody- Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson]()
The Peabody- Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novella was expanded from "Freak Show," the nigh impossible to find anthology F. Paul Wilson edited back in 1992. It was originally published as a 500-copy collector's edition that sold out on publication. With copies of the limited going for over $100 on the aftermarket, the author decided to make inexpensive paperback and ebook editions available to his readers... -
![Risen by Cole Gibsen]()
Risen by Cole Gibsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Vampire Diaries and Twilight will be thirsting for this latest vampire addiction…My aunt has been kidnapped by vampires, and it’s up to me to save her. Only…I had no idea vampires existed. None. Nada... -
![A Haunting in Oregon by Michael Richan]()
A Haunting in Oregon by Michael Richan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMason Manor, tucked away in the forests of Oregon – historic, beautiful, and completely haunted. The estate, built in 1850, is now a bed and breakfast run by Pete and Sarah. Once a wonderful place to stay, now it’s not so great – guests don’t survive the night, and are found the next morning in bed, in a pool of blood... -
![The Night Bird by Brian Freeman]()
The Night Bird by Brian Freeman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHomicide detective Frost Easton doesn’t like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco—as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks—Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie’s controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories…and all the victims were her patients... -
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Fatal by Michael Palmer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom The Sisterhood, Michael Palmer's first New York Times bestseller, to The Patient, his ninth, reviewers have proclaimed him a master of medical suspense. Recognized around the world for original, topical, nail-biting suspense, emergency physician Palmer'swork has been translated into more than thirty-five languages... -
![With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth]()
With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNatalie Lindstrom was once one of an elite group of investigators with the power to interview the dead victims of violent crime. But now Natalie has had enough. Enough of the violence. Enough of the darkness that has already gotten too close to her five-year-old daughter... -
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Big Driver by Stephen King
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNow a Lifetime original movie, Stephen King's haunting story about an author of a series of mystery novels who tries to reconcile her old life with her life after a horrific attack and the one thing that can save her: Revenge.Tess Thorne, a famous mystery writer, faces a long drive home following a book signing engagement... -
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![La otra bella durmiente by Phillip Margolin, Eduardo Iriarte]()
La otra bella durmiente by Phillip Margolin, Eduardo Iriarte
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a serial killer murdered the parents of Ashley Spencer and left Casey Van Meter in a coma, Ashley wonders why her quiet, loving family was targeted by a madman and decides to go into hiding in Europe. Returning years later to bear witness when the suspect is finally apprehended and tried, her pain also resurfaces in a true crime novel written by Miles Van Meter, Casey's twin brother... -
![The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari]()
The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Richard Montanari's The Echo Man.With the breakneck pacing and intricate plotting of his most recent novel, The Rosary Girls, Richard Montanari established himself as one of the most exciting suspense writers working today... -
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Kill Night by Victor Methos
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this moody short story, bestselling author of The Secret Witness Victor Methos weaves a psychological legal thriller about one lawyer’s quest for a fair trial when the only suspect is his client... -
![Antenora by Dori Lumpkin]()
Antenora by Dori Lumpkin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDante’s ninth circle of hell reserved for traitors to their country.What really happened to Nora Willet? The religious community of Bethel, Alabama can’t agree on the truth. They always said she was trouble. Later, they said she was possessed. Maybe she lost her mind, killing three people and injuring many others... -
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Scaredy Kat by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKat can see spirits, but what's even worse is the fact that spirits can also see her, especially the exceptionally needy ones. As this medium-in-training discovers, having an entourage of dead people can be kind of overwhelming-and a tad scary... -
![A Man to Die For by Eileen Dreyer]()
A Man to Die For by Eileen Dreyer
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSt. Louis Trauma nurse Casey McDonough thinks her life is interesting enough. Her best friend still drops acid, her ex-husband is a cross-dressing psychiatrist, and her mother has turned the third floor of the family home into the Chapel of Eternal Vigilance. Then, things begin to really go wrong when OB/Gyn Dr. Dale Hunsacker arrives...
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