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  • Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher

    Wizard at Large by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Contains Blood Rites and Dead Beat...
  • Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher

    Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Contains Proven Guilty and White Night...
  • The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter

    The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A 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...
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    north-america  suspense  urban  usa  adult  audiobook  book  california
  • Dolores Claiborne/Insomnia/Rose Madder by Stephen King

    Dolores Claiborne/Insomnia/Rose Madder by Stephen King

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Titles include Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia and Rose Madder...
  • Crooked River by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Crooked River by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling authors Doug Preston and Lincoln Child return with their next blockbuster Pendergast novel as he and Junior Agent Coldmoon race to uncover the mystery of several blue-shoe-clad severed feet found floating in the Atlantic...
  • The Complete Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

    The Complete Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The 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 ratings
    Based 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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    north-america  suspense  urban  usa  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book
  • In The Tall Trees by Angel N. Van Atta

    In The Tall Trees by Angel N. Van Atta

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mella lives in a tiny house in the middle of a dense forest with her mommy and her baby brother, Pete. Sometimes her daddy comes and with him often the bad man comes, as well. Mella knows that she, her mommy and little brother are a secret family living where nobody knows they are, but she can't remember why that is or why her mommy is chained to the floor...
  • Beware The Boogerman by D. Glenn Casey

    Beware The Boogerman by D. Glenn Casey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fine men and women of the Prattville Sheriff’s Department have a very specific job, one that most law enforcement officers would never have to deal with. Hopefully.They have to look after the peace and quiet in a small town that has the unfortunate nickname “Monster Town...
  • Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson

    Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Every 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..
  • One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry, A.J. Cook

    One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry, A.J. Cook

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that turns her world upside down in this edge-of-your-seat audio original thriller by the bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Best of Friends, performed by A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds) and Tessa Albertson (Younger)...
  • Gangland by Chuck Hogan

    Gangland by Chuck Hogan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From 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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    north-america  usa  urban  suspense  illinois  fiction  crime  mystery
  • The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan

    The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Circumstances 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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    north-america  usa  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan

    Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carter 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..
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    north-america  suspense  usa  book  fiction  florida  ghosts  horror
  • Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand

    Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A short story collection from the author of DEAD CLOWN BARBECUE. Over 85,000 words' worth of insanity! Cemetery Dance Magazine says that "No author working today comes close to Jeff Strand's perfect mixture of comedy and terror...
  • Wounds by Alton Gansky

    Wounds by Alton Gansky

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
  • Broken Home by Glenn Bullion

    Broken Home by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even a demon has a beginning.The year is 1973. Janet Fields is living the stereotypical American Dream. She has a loving husband, two wonderful daughters, and a beautiful home away from the hustle of city life. Life couldn’t be any better.That changed the day the stranger invaded her home, and tore apart not only everything Janet knew about her life, but also the world around her...
  • The Silent Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian

    The Silent Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
  • All These Subtle Deceits by C.S. Humble

    All These Subtle Deceits by C.S. Humble

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lauren Saunders moved to Black Wells, Colorado to escape a toxic relationship that stole three years of her life. But her hopeful optimism of a fresh start is dashed after a brutal, supernatural attack sends her screaming from a nightclub into the cold, winter night. Her journey toward recovery leads her to the doorstep of William Daniels—a professional spiritual intercessor and occult consultant...
  • Ghostroots: Stories by 'Pemi Aguda

    Ghostroots: Stories by 'Pemi Aguda

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.’Pemi Aguda opens her collection of twelve stories with the chilling tale of a woman who uncannily resembles her sinister, deceased grandmother...
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    urban  horror  fiction  anthologies  supernatural  adult
  • Ugly As Sin by James Newman

    Ugly As Sin by James Newman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nick 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...
  • I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It by Sam Pink

    I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It by Sam Pink

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Holy Bible of Bad Feelings returns!Longtime bipolar idiot Sam Pink brings you right back to the beginning with this remastered edition of his first underground hit. Find out why it would be great to get accidentally killed by a bus. Find out how to perform hardcore sex and never have any fun. Find out why it would be better if your mom was a Ugandan hooker...
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    north-america  usa  21st-century  adult  book  drama  fiction  horror
  • Dead Suite by Wendy Roberts

    Dead Suite by Wendy Roberts

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Crime 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...
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    north-america  suspense  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary  cozy
  • An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish

    An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not 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...
  • The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen

    The House of Long Shadows by Ambrose Ibsen

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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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    michigan  north-america  suspense  urban  usa  adult  audiobook  book
  • Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds

    Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Heart-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 ratings
    Don'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. .
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    north-america  suspense  usa  adult  book  contemporary  crime  family
  • The Forgotten by Heather Graham

    The Forgotten by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Murdered by a dead man? A woman named Maria Gomez is murdered in Miami, apparently by her husband—who'd been presumed dead, slain by a crime boss. FBI agent Brett Cody can't believe it; dead or alive, the man had loved his wife. He also can't help feeling guilty, since he was responsible for protecting Miguel and Maria Gomez...
  • Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

    Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Anthropologist 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...
  • The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody by Per Jacobsen

    The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody by Per Jacobsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you do to protect the people who have given your life purpose again?After suffering a stroke, petty racist, semi-demented, and grumpy pensioner, Theodor Moody, wakes up with telekinetic abilities. During Theodor’s hospital stay, an unlikely friendship develops between him and the cleaning lady, Yuki, as he uses his newfound abilities to save her son from some school bullies...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  thriller  fiction  book  adult
  • You'll Never Know by Caleb Stephens

    You'll Never Know by Caleb Stephens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When 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...
  • Eternity by Maggie Shayne

    Eternity by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three hundred years ago, Raven St. James was accused of witchcraft...Only one man tried to free her from the hangman's noose--Duncan, the town minister, who died trying to save her. Three hundred years later, the accused witch still lives and longs for her love...At last, after centuries of loneliness, Raven has found her precious Duncan...
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    north-america  suspense  urban  usa  adult  angst  book  fiction
  • Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White

    Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Doc 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 ratings
    When 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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    north-america  suspense  usa  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Deathtrap by Ira Levin

    Deathtrap by Ira Levin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Seemingly 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...
  • 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 ratings
    Dink, 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...
  • Bird Box by Josh Malerman

    Bird Box by Josh Malerman

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    is a snapshot of a world unraveled that will have you racing to the final page...
  • Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer

    Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For 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...
  • Mina and the Slayers by Amy McCaw

    Mina and the Slayers by Amy McCaw

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NEW 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...
  • Desecrating Solomon by Lucian Bane

    Desecrating Solomon by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***WARNING*** This is a dark, gothic, slightly erotic romantic thriller that contains elements that may be disturbing and offensive. Please read with caution if you are triggered by events depicting violence and various forms of abuse. On the seventh day of the seventh year... she desecrates. Evil keeps a formidable schedule in Weston, West Virginia...
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    suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Critic's Choice by Josh Lanyon

    Critic's Choice by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If there’s one thing film critic Crispin Colley can say about his ex-boyfriend Rey, it’s that Rey likes to remain friends with all his former lovers. Rey’s a friendly guy. Maybe too friendly, judging by the incident that drove the first and last nail in the coffin of their relationship. But now Rey’s been hired for a DVD commentary on a classic horror flick...
  • Robin des bois by Simon Rousseau

    Robin des bois by Simon Rousseau

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Les contes de notre enfance revisités... pour nourrir tous nos cauchemars !Dans ce nouveau Conte interdit redécouvrez dans une version sombre la légende anglaise de Robin des bois, datant du 13e siècle et popularisée par le dessin animé Disney. Les gentils et les voleurs s'entremêlent dans une danse endiablante..
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  retellings  fiction  book  adult
  • Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask by Dean Koontz

    Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The author's early classic of adolescent evil, The Voice of the Night, unites with The Mask (appearing in hardcover for the first time) and Strangers for a hair-raising collection of thrillers...
  • Risen by Cole Gibsen

    Risen by Cole Gibsen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fans 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...
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    north-america  urban  usa  book  fiction  horror  magic  missouri
  • Magnolia Mystic by Lisa Kessler

    Magnolia Mystic by Lisa Kessler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Skye Olson is a psychic like her mother, and her grandmother before her, but a bad break up with the man she thought was her soulmate has left her confidence in her abilities shaken. While she's in crisis, a real estate tycoon from Atlanta swoops in with his eyes on her shop.Colton Hayes spent his mortal life plundering royal ships with his pirate crew, but one holy relic changed everything...
  • Thresher by Michael R. Cole

    Thresher by Michael R. Cole

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the aftermath of a hurricane, a series of strange events plague the coastal waters off Florida. People go into the water and never return. Corpses of killer whales drift ashore, ravaged from enormous bite marks. A fishing trawler is found adrift, with a mysterious gash in its hull...
  • EVER by Blake Butler

    EVER by Blake Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fiction. Within the psychic architecture that is EVER, Blake Butler explores the way bodies swell and contract, going from skin to house and back again. And the way houses too shrink to fit us first like clothing and then like skin and then tighter still. The result is a strange, visionary ontological dismemberment that takes you well beyond what you'd ever expect--Brian Evenson...
  • Sinister Spiders of Saginaw by Johnathan Rand

    Sinister Spiders of Saginaw by Johnathan Rand

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something sinister lurks beneath the city of Saginaw, Michigan. Leah, with her friends Conner and Angela, don't have much time before these giant spiders put their evil plan into action...
  • Teru Teru Bozu by Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie

    Teru Teru Bozu by Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kamu pernah mendengar tentang teru teru bozu?Atau kamu menggantung satu boneka itu di depan jendela kamarmu? Tentunya kamu tahu untuk apa benda itu ada di sana. Namun aku yakin, kamu tidak pernah menyangka cerita mengerikan apa yang bisa teru teru bozu hamparkandi hadapanmu. Kamu mungkin akan terkesiap ketika tahu teru-teru bozu di sekolahku punya kisah yang berbeda...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Seeking Justice by T.L. Payne

    Seeking Justice by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Raine Caldwell and the other survivors from St. Louis thought getting out of the city would be the answer to their problems. They quickly learn that violence and winter’s fury aren’t exclusive to the city.The group is tested far beyond anything they could imagine as they begin to settle in and survive life without modern conveniences...
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