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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... -
![Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not by Dean Koontz]()
Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInstinct and violent visions compel Nameless to embark on an unplanned mission to help a desperate mother and daughter on the run. Why is this rescue so strangely familiar to a man with no memories?Evie and her daughter, Asteria, are fleeing an abusive cult when they meet a stranger in an abandoned Arizona shopping mall. Fate hasn’t set Nameless on their trail... -
![Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault]()
Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings10 hoursFor fans of Nevada Barr, John Connolly, and dogs of all shape and size, a K-9 series with a touch of the supernatural, spine-tingling suspense, and characters who'll stay with you long after the book is done... -
![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... -
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![Shattered / Whispers / Watchers by Dean Koontz]()
Shattered / Whispers / Watchers by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree more electrifying thrillers by the new king of the genre. The New York Times #1 bestselling author's terrifying masterpieces: Watchers (his personal favorite), Whispers and Shattered, now for the first time in one hardcover edition... -
![The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor the first time ever, three bestselling Dean Koontz novels—The Servants of Twilight, Darkfall, Phantoms—are available in hardcover and complete in this single volume. Koontz's novels are spine-chilling and terrifying stories about ordinary people caught in nightmarish situations... -
![The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon]()
The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe monster demon is BACK! ...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge. More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them... -
![The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis discounted ebundle includes: Relic, ReliquaryThe books that introduced the world to Douglas Preston’s and Lincoln Child’s FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beat... -
![The Last Christmas by F. Paul Wilson]()
The Last Christmas by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJack is back.Wilson never said he was through with Repairman Jack. He said he was through turning in a new novel every year. He also said when a story came along that was right for Jack, he’d write it. The Last Christmas is that story. It’s late December between Ground Zero and Fatal Error, a winter of discontent for Jack who’s perhaps spending too much time hanging at Julio’s... -
![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... -
![Cold Fire / Hideaway / The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
Cold Fire / Hideaway / The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA collection of three previously published Koontz novels. This will be the first time The Key To Midnight will be available in hardcover... -
![Odd Interlude #3 by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Interlude #3 by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLeading up to the highly anticipated arrival of "Odd Apocalypse "this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in "Odd Interlude, " a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz Here is the spine-tingling 58-page third installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure. THERE'S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT... -
![Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair]()
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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![The Sun Rises Over Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock]()
The Sun Rises Over Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe revelation that a significant, active curse rests on the Cottonwood family puts a damper on Carrie Jo’s excitement about her new baby. Worried about protecting the child and Ashland, she does all she can to help Ashland break the curse and keep their family safe from danger. When Hurricane Jasmine bears down on Mobile, everything goes wrong... -
![The Other Brother by Brandon Massey]()
The Other Brother by Brandon Massey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabriel Reid seems to have it all - a good family, a great career, a loving fiancee. Until a man named Isaiah Battle comes into his life, claiming to be his illegitimate brother... -
![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... -
![Fear City by F. Paul Wilson, Alexander Cendese]()
Fear City by F. Paul Wilson, Alexander Cendese
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRage, terror, and redemption: these are the stones upon which F. Paul Wilson builds the concluding chapter of Repairman Jack: The Early Years, the prequel trilogy focusing on the formative years of Wilson's globally popular supernatural tropubleshooter.The strands of Jack's life, established in the first two books, Cold City and Dark City, are now woven into a complete pattern... -
![The Victim by Jonas Saul]()
The Victim by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Book Five, Sarah Roberts is The Victim.Sarah is killed in a horrible car accident, the DNA found in the car verified as hers. But the government men at the Sophia Project have faked her death to keep her to themselves.After her funeral, she shows up in the food court of a busy mall where a violent exchange takes place. Things go wrong fast... -
![The Knowing by Ninie Hammon]()
The Knowing by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the hot call comes over the radio: “Code Red! Active shooter at Carlisle Elementary School,” Police Sergeant Jack Carpenter has one job and only one job. Find the gunman; take him out. He rushes into the school, fully armed and focused on cold, hard reality. But what happens to him in the next few hours shatters the world as he has always known it... -
![Dark City by F. Paul Wilson]()
Dark City by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDark City is the second of a new prequel trilogy, Repairman Jack: The Early Years by F. Paul Wilson.It's February 1992. Desert Storm is raging in Iraq but twenty-two-year-old Jack has more pressing matters at home. His favorite bar, The Spot, is about to be sold out from under Julio, Jack's friend... -
![Halloween by Richard Curtis]()
Halloween by Richard Curtis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsBased on the screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Tricked by his cunning ... Treated to his savagery ... Annie, Linda and Laurie ... fresh, pretty, ready to be taken ... stalked by a sadistic power who has returned to claim new victims, on this ... the most frightening night of the year... -
![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... -
![The Reaper's Game by Layton Green]()
The Reaper's Game by Layton Green
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs it murder from beyond the grave . . . or the final ruse of a twisted serial killer?Three years ago, a deranged murderer dubbed the Halloween Killer butchered half a dozen people in New Orleans. He was caught and sentenced to die. Just before his execution, the Halloween Killer vowed to take revenge on the district attorney who put him behind bars... -
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![Lightning / The Face of Fear / The Vision by Dean Koontz]()
Lightning / The Face of Fear / The Vision by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCONTENTS: LIGHTNING THE FACE OF FEAR THE... -
![The Artifact by Brian Hill]()
The Artifact by Brian Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 4000-year-old Egyptian artifact, pulled from a mythical pharaoh’s tomb.A British aristocrat with mysterious intentions.A young thief without a past.A shady spiritualist in hiding.A Native American private investigator, trying to keep his business afloat.Who is the victim?Who is the criminal?Who is the monster?It’s 1984, and Rev Parata is a hard-nosed, Native-American P.I... -
![My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon]()
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call... -
![Madness by Jason Brant]()
Madness by Jason Brant
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsher Benson has once again fled to a secluded cabin in the mountains outside of the sleepy town of Arthur's Creek, West Virginia. Government agents surround him day and night, blanketing his entire life in constant surveillance under the guise of keeping him safe.That facade is shattered when every cell phone in Arthur's Creek rings simultaneously... -
![What Lies Below by Barbara Taylor Sissel]()
What Lies Below by Barbara Taylor Sissel
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone has nightmares. One woman is living hers… Gilly O’Connell’s nightmares aren’t just bad dreams; they’re glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband’s murder, she buries the guilt and pain of the unsolved crime in the only way she knows how—she runs from it... -
![Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna]()
Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo families. 100 years apart. A sinister haunting...It was supposed to be the dream house for Adam, Catherine, and their daughter, Bella. But dream houses can hold secrets. Settling in to their new home, the family realise they are not the only inhabitants of Abberton House.A dark past continues to haunt the idyllic Yorkshire home, and those who remain want Adam and Catherine to know the truth... -
![The Neighbor by London Clarke]()
The Neighbor by London Clarke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClaire Vogel is a recently divorced mother of four girls and a successful counselor living in a planned and prestigious community. She knows all her neighbors, and they know her. But Claire has a secret. To cope with hidden, deep-rooted pain, she often participates in risky, reckless behavior... -
![Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul]()
Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen library assistant Rebecca Morrison comes across a beautifully ornate cigarette lighter in the shape of a fire breathing dragon, she gives it to her cousin, unwittingly igniting an evil that can only originate from the terrifying Blackstone Asylum. This is third installment in "The Blackstone Chronicles", Saul's serial novel about the horrors that plague a small New England town... -
![Time to Die by Caroline Mitchell]()
Time to Die by Caroline Mitchell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe will predict your life… and your death.Don’t ever cross his palm with silver. He will reveal your most shameful secrets. He will predict your death. He is hiding a secret. He is hiding a monster. And all his predictions come true.Investigating a series of chilling murders, Detective Jennifer Knight finds herself tracking a mysterious tarot card reader known only as The Raven... -
![The September House by Carissa Orlando]()
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings... -
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![The Midnight Man by Caroline Mitchell]()
The Midnight Man by Caroline Mitchell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom number one bestselling author Caroline Mitchell, comes the first chilling Slayton thriller for fans of C. J. Tudor and Stephen King.If you open your door to the Midnight Man, hide with a candle wherever you can. Try not to scream as he draws near, because one of you won't be leaving here...On Halloween night in Slayton, five girls go to Blackhall Manor to play the Midnight Game... -
![An Eye for an Eye: The Doll by John Saul]()
An Eye for an Eye: The Doll by John Saul
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe editor of the Blackstone Chronicle, Oliver Metcalf, nervously presides over the ceremony to begin demolition of the old Asylum. But the building's fate hangs in the balance as financing problems halt the project. Contractor Bill McGuire, all set to proceed, can't hide his dismay: with a family and another baby on the way, he can't afford delays... -
![Anathema by Nick Roberts]()
Anathema by Nick Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage – years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment... -
![The Town the World Forgot by Boris Bacic]()
The Town the World Forgot by Boris Bacic
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo one ever escapes from this town.Newlyweds Lisa and John’s summer drive through the Oregonian wilderness takes a chilling turn when an unexpected blizzard traps their car. Desperate for refuge, they find hope in a sign: WELCOME TO ____. Bundling up, they trek through the storm and find that, within the town, the blizzard ceases, though it rages just beyond the town's limits... -
![March Into Hell by M.P. McDonald]()
March Into Hell by M.P. McDonald
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsASIN B004LGS7EU moved to the most recent editionMark Taylor discovers first hand that no good deed goes unpunished when the old camera he found in an Afghanistan bazaar gives him more than great photos. It triggers dreams of disasters. Tragedies that happen exactly as he envisions them. He learns that not only can he see the future, he can change it... -
![Dark Corners by Liz Schulte]()
Dark Corners by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElla Reynolds knew from the first moment she walked into the old house someone or something was watching her. Waiting. Her husband's violent murder sent her spiraling into a world of grief and isolation, but Ella isn't alone. Who or what is responsible for her husband's death is still with her. Darkness has engulfed the past year of Ella's life... -
![The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne]()
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSo what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head? The therapist insists these are just symptoms of PTSD. It makes sense considering that she hid under the bed and watched as her best friends were slaughtered.But the murders were seventeen years ago, back when her name was Sabrina. Now, she’s Sadie: a perfectly normal 29-year-old... -
![From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth]()
From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalie Lindstrom has finally left the underworld behind for a new career in the art world. But there's one world she can't escape: the Other world of the dead. As a former Violet, an elite crime-fighter with the power to channel murder victims, Natalie is now using her paranormal gift to summon the spirits of legendary painters... -
![I Have the Sight by Rick Wood]()
I Have the Sight by Rick Wood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEddie was eleven-years-old when he was hit by a car, wounding him and killing his sister.That’s when he first saw her.He was twenty-three when he had his second near-death experience. He saw her once more, overpowered by the demonic, destitute exterior that scarred his mind.Now he sees her when he’s awake. Everywhere he looks, every time he closes his eyes, she is there, making him weaker... -
![The Wolf Society by Michael Penning]()
The Wolf Society by Michael Penning
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the moon is full, there is no place to hide.Most mothers tell their children there are no such things as monsters. Abigail Jacobs taught her daughter how to kill them. Raised to be a ghost-hunting occultist, Anna Jacobs now wants nothing more than to escape her life of blood and violence before it’s too late...Categorized as:
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![The Lighthouse by Amy Cross]()
The Lighthouse by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I saw her. I've always been able to see her.” While her friends head off to start new lives in London after university, Penny has a different idea. She's going to go and take a job at a remote lighthouse for a year, helping to keep the place running while she saves money. When she arrives at Culthorpe lighthouse, however, she quickly realizes that something is very wrong... -
![The Soul Hunter by Melanie Wells]()
The Soul Hunter by Melanie Wells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeter Terry Returns A knock at her door. A bloody axe. A murder weapon in her own living room. The elusive white man with the slash on his back is out hunting again, chasing souls. Peter Terry is haunting minds, invading dreams, and wrecking lives. As Dylan Foster searches for answers, she stumbles upon a dark cult of angel worship... -
![The Mayhem Children (A Project Specter Mystery Book 1) by Paul Seiple]()
The Mayhem Children (A Project Specter Mystery Book 1) by Paul Seiple
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecrets Never Stay Silent In the early seventies, six children disappeared from North Carolina. Psychopath, Elvin Hayes was convicted and executed for the presumed murders. He went to his grave with the secrets of what happened to the children dubbed The Silent Six. Thirty years later, the six are no longer silent. A curse has been summoned... -
![This Darkness Light by Michaelbrent Collings]()
This Darkness Light by Michaelbrent Collings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man with no past, but who holds the future of the world in his hands. A woman who has sworn to protect him, for reasons she does not understand. A killer who must destroy them, or lose all he holds dear. They are running—from each other, from the plague that is killing all around them, from the dark forces beyond their understanding. Running from shadow to shadow. From dark to dark... -
![Gilbert House by Brian Harmon]()
Gilbert House by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA little more than one year ago, Albert and Brandy discovered a fantastic labyrinth hidden deep beneath the streets of Briar Hills, Missouri. Now, strange telephone messages are stirring up the memories of those dark passages and it seems that it may be time for them to return to that perilous, underground world to finish what they started... -
![Soul Thief by Mark Edward Hall]()
Soul Thief by Mark Edward Hall
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Brotherhood of the Order is one of the oldest and most mysterious organizations on earth. Its primary mission is to protect one of the most carefully guarded secrets in human history, an object so enigmatic and powerful that in the wrong hands it could wreak havoc upon the earth. In the right hands it just might have the power to save humanity from its own destructive impulses...
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