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Dark Hollow by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills were established with Every Dead Thing. Now his fiery, ingenious detective, Charlie Bird Parker, returns to uncover a legacy of evil that has haunted Maine citizens for decades... -
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Ghost by Kat Blackthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAsh Grove is a fine place to die. Blythe has accepted her fate and is tired of running. Who would miss her anyway? She attends her new and eccentric town’s month long Halloween masquerade for one last party before meeting her end. But what will she find...and what will find her? A man in a skeleton mask is watching... and he’s not the only one... -
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The Unquiet by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"But that is the nature of revenge. It escalates. It cannot be controlled. One hurt invites another, on and on until the original injury is all but forgotten in the chaos of what follows."John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers... -
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The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFollowing a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his heels are several vampire gangs, the Secret Service, a couple of werewolves, corrupt cops, and the Dark Lord himself, and none will rest until he is dead... -
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The Devil's Only Friend by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJohn Wayne Cleaver hunts demons: they've killed his neighbors, his family, and the girl he loves, but in the end he's always won. Now he works for a secret government kill team, using his gift to hunt and kill as many monsters as he can......but the monsters have noticed, and the quiet game of cat and mouse is about to erupt into a full scale supernatural war... -
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Hunt the Dawn by Abbie Roads
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut of darkness and danger...You can’t hide your secrets from Lathan Montgomery—he can read your darkest memories. And while his special abilities are invaluable in the FBI’s hunt for a serial killer, he has no way to avoid the pain that brings him... -
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The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSoon to be a major motion picture!Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: checkDead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks... -
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Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMiriam is trying. Really, she is.But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year around. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl... -
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Black House by Stephen King, Peter Straub
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsTwenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and her Territories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI... -
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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsNOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions... -
![A Matter of Blood by Sarah Pinborough]()
A Matter of Blood by Sarah Pinborough
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe recession that grips the world has left it exhausted. Crime is rising in every major city. Financial institutions across the world have collapsed, and most governments are now in debt to The Bank, a company created by the world's wealthiest men. But Detective Inspector Cass Jones has enough on his plate without worrying about the world at large... -
![The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig]()
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of WanderersLong ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there... -
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Afterlife by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBetween life and death lies an epic war, a relentless manhunt through two worlds… and an unforgettable love story.The last thing FBI agent Will Brody remembers is the explosion — a thousand shards of glass surfing a lethal shock wave. He wakes without a scratch. The building is in ruins. His team is gone. Outside, Chicago is dark. Cars lie abandoned. No planes cross the sky... -
![Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry, Tom Weiner]()
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry, Tom Weiner
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom a new master of horror comes an apocalyptic showdown between the residents of a secluded, rural town and the deadly evil that confronts them wherever they turn. Pine Deep buried the horrors of its past long ago. Thirty years have gone by since a serial killer sheared a bloody swath through the quiet Pennsylvania village... -
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![We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory]()
We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHarrison is the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he’s in his mid-thirties and spends most of his time not sleeping. Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is haunted by the messages carved upon her bones. Greta may or may not be a mass-murdering arsonist. And for some reason, Martin never takes off his sunglasses... -
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The Devil's Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDebut novelist Simon Kurt Unsworth sends the detective novel to Hell. In The Devil's Detective, a sea change is coming to Hell . . . and a man named Thomas Fool is caught in the middle. Thomas Fool is an Information Man, an investigator tasked with cataloging and filing reports on the endless stream of violence and brutality that flows through Hell... -
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Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA USA TODAY BESTSELLER In this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling novella by Stephen King and award-winning author Richard Chizmar, an adult Gwendy is summoned back to Castle Rock after the mysterious reappearance of the button box. Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm... -
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Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her... -
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Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDetective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies, but this one is unique even by Detroit's standards: half boy, half deer, somehow fused together... -
![Nightmare Country, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren]()
Nightmare Country, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReturn to the world of Neil Gaiman's seminal epic The Sandman, in a new series starring fan-favorite character the Corinthian, and written by horror comics superstar James Tynion IV!Sometimes, nightmares walk the Earth. Every night when you sleep, the Lord of Dreams chooses the path you'll follow...into a sylvan Elysium, or down the hallways of your darkest fears... -
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Hack/Slash Volume 3: Friday the 31st by Tim Seeley, Matt Merhoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSurviving the first horror movie is tough. Surviving the sequel is near impossible. Making it to the third? Now THAT'S, well, superhuman Cassie and Vlad manage to get to their third trade paperback collection of Hack/Slash But there, they have to face murderous dolls, medical miscreants, and satanic rockers..
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