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  • She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be by J.D. Barker

    She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A haunting tale of suspense, rendered with the masterful skill only Barker could muster. After the loss of his parents, young Jack Thatch first met Stella as a child—this cryptic little girl of eight with dark hair and darker eyes, sitting alone on a bench in the cemetery clutching her favorite book. Gone moments later, the brief encounter would spark an obsession...
  • Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan

    Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Close 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • The Dule Tree by H.P. Bayne

    The Dule Tree by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How 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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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne

    The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes

    Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

    Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short story by New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill.Martin Lorensen is a twenty-three-year-old counselor for disturbed teenagers. He’s bright, compassionate, attractive, and outgoing. He’s also—and this is the most interesting thing—not dead...
  • Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan

    Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Long 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...
  • Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault

    Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    10 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  animals  audiobook  book  dogs  fiction
  • 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 ratings
    In 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...
  • 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 ratings
    For 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...
  • Last Light by Dean Koontz

    Last Light by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With just a touch, Makani Hisoka-O’Brien can see the deepest secrets that others conceal—and it frightens her. There’s danger in the terrible knowledge that floods her mind and haunts her conscience.With just a touch, Rainer Sparks can learn the biggest problems that others bear—and it thrills him. There’s profit to be made making problems go away, by any means . . . including murder...
  • The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon

    The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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 ratings
    This 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...
  • Darkwind by Mark Lukens

    Darkwind by Mark Lukens

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book Two in the Ancient Enemy seriesAfter a rancher finds ten mutilated bodies at a dig site on the Navajo Reservation, both Captain Begay of the Navajo Tribal Police and Special Agent Palmer of the FBI become involved ... but the case leads Palmer back up to Colorado where five more mutilated bodies and Stella's vehicle have been discovered at a burning cabin...
  • The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke

    The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jamie 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 ratings
    Memorial 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ratings
    A collection of three previously published Koontz novels. This will be the first time The Key To Midnight will be available in hardcover...
  • Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson

    Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  evil-places  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie 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...
  • The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

    The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting...
  • Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now 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 ratings
    Carrie 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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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  historical  horror
  • Night Terror: Book #2 by Jeff Gunhus

    Night Terror: Book #2 by Jeff Gunhus

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to the Amazon Bestseller Night Chill. Ten years after her abduction and near-sacrifice to the Source, Sarah Tremont struggles to be a normal teenager. As much as she’s tried to suppress the power inside of her, it’s grown dangerously strong and has drawn the attention of those who want to possess her power for themselves...
  • 44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair

    44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’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 ratings
    A 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 ratings
    Devin 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...
  • The Victim by Jonas Saul

    The Victim by Jonas Saul

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 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 ratings
    When 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...
  • Final Hour by Dean Koontz

    Final Hour by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Following Last Light comes Final Hour, the second of two standalone eBook original novellas leading in to Ashley Bell, the highly anticipated new novel of suspense from Dean Koontz!   Just by touching others, Makani Hisoka-O’Brien can see the darkest secrets they keep. The troubling talent has made the Southern California surfer wary of casual contact...
  • The River by Noelle W. Ihli

    The River by Noelle W. Ihli

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A 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 ratings
    A 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...
  • Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell

    Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon

    Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THEY 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...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • The Scene by R.M. Gilmore

    The Scene by R.M. Gilmore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Havoc ensues when journalist Dylan Hart takes on the story of a lifetime. Exsanguinated hookers? Vampires in real life? What more could the public want? As the death toll rises, Dylan discovers she's put herself on the killer's radar and will have to fight to survive...
  • Good Neighbors by Russell C. Connor

    Good Neighbors by Russell C. Connor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winner of the Silver Medal for Horror in the 2016 Independent Publishing Awards HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS? Elliot Jefferson moved to the isolated Estates of North Hills to work on his sobriety and avoid other people at all costs. But when the electric transformers around the complex begin emitting a horrible buzz that he calls ‘the Squall,’ neither is easy to achieve...
  • Griffith Tavern by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

    Griffith Tavern by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Griffith Tavern has been empty for a long time, but there’s something alive within the crumbling walls and it’s been waiting for Taryn, and her alone, for nearly 100 years…As a stagecoach inn in the 19th century, Griffith Tavern saw many things, held many people, and saw numerous tragedies and triumphs. Now the old abandoned building will almost surely be demolished, all in the name of progress...
  • Νεκρή γραμμή by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης

    Νεκρή γραμμή by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Το πρώτο best seller τρόμου από Έλληνα συγγραφέα, η Νεκρή Γραμμή αποτελεί ένα μεταφυσικό θρίλερ που κόβει την ανάσα και ανεβάζει την αγωνία έως την τελική του κορύφωση."Ώρα να ανακαλύψετε αυτό το νέο ταλέντο!" -Nick Mamatas"Ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο. Συστήνεται με το ζόρι σε κάθε τρομολάγνο και συνταγογραφείται σε οποιονδήποτε αγνοεί ή νομίζει ότι δεν υφίσταται ποιοτικό Ελληνικό Φανταστικό...
  • Dying is a Wild Night by Edward Fallon

    Dying is a Wild Night by Edward Fallon

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEESEvery 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 and the boy know this...
  • Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna

    Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two 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...
  • Rosamund by Shani Struthers

    Rosamund by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Shani Struthers is my Queen of Horror!"  ***** 'A tense and gripping story. I was unable to put it down.'***** 'A fascinating and terrifying insight into Ruby Davis' heritage.'***** 'I loved Rosamund's story from neglected child to powerful woman.'***** 'I loved reading about Rosamund and her experiences with the spiritual world...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • নিশীথিনী by Humayun Ahmed

    নিশীথিনী by Humayun Ahmed

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    মিসির আলি সিরিজের বই। "নিশীথিনী" হচ্ছে "দেবী" এর দ্বিতীয়...
  • The Warning by Jonas Saul

    The Warning by Jonas Saul

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Warning (Sarah Roberts Book Two) Sarah Roberts has spent the last four years helping people stay alive and escape near death experiences as messages from the dead come to her. She receives a daunting communication from the Other Side regarding her sister's murderer and where she can find him...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  killer
  • The Spirit Clearing by Mark Tufo

    The Spirit Clearing by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can love transcend even...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn

    Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The DARK CAROUSEL series is a heart-stopping mix of American Horror Story and the fantastical elements of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.                                                      ~In Book One, Cassie, Ethan and Lacey sought their missing friend, Aisha, in the deep of the forest...
  • The Crypt by Jonas Saul

    The Crypt by Jonas Saul

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Crypt, Sarah Roberts Book 3, opens with Sarah Roberts walking the streets of Budapest in search of a weapon.A strange man in a fedora has been following her. Before she can find out who he is she’s arrested and brought to a Hungarian jail. After her release, she’s ordered out of the country. The man in the fedora shows up at her hotel...
  • From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth

    From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Natalie 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 ratings
    Eddie 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...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
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