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What do readers say about The Silent Companions?
creepy and atmosphericgothic horror storyclassic victorian ghost storysupernatural horror storiesThe ultimate ghost story to curl up with.
'[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book' Jojo Moyes
'Terrific. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. What more could you want?' Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
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The new doctor took her by surprise. Not that there was anything unusual in his arrival – doctors came and went often enough. But this one was young. New to the profession, as well as the place. There...
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What do readers say about Bone China?
gothic historical fictionconsumption, grief and folkloregothic in tonemultiple plot linesA Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions.
'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN
'Deliciously sinister' HEAT
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It is dragging me all the way to Cornwall, a county I have never set foot in before. Had I felt this chilling mist, perhaps I would have thought twice about answering the advertisement for a nurse and...
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What do readers say about A Great and Terrible Beauty?
a morality talepost-harry potter ya fantasysuspenseful and mysteriousbased in the 1800'sThe first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.
It's 1895, and after the suicide ... Read more about A Great and Terrible Beauty
I am staring into the hissing face of a cobra. A surprisingly pink tongue slithers in and out of a cruel mouth while an Indian man whose eyes are the blue of blindness inclines his head toward my moth...
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What do readers say about Summer of Night?
real page turnera little more brutalnostalgic, reminiscence gothic talereally good horror storiesThis masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins
It's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Ill... Read more about Summer of Night
Girls played with dolls in the shadows of her classrooms and corridors and later died in childbirth. Boys ran shouting through her hallways, sat in punishment through the growing darkness of winter af...
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What do readers say about The Sun Down Motel?
split time suspense thrillersupernatural mystery aspectsuspenseful and well writtensuspenseful and creepyAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Something hasn't been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of T... Read more about The Sun Down Motel
That was fine with her. She preferred it. It was something she’d discovered, working the night shift at this place in the middle of nowhere: Being with people was easy, but being alone was hard. Espec...
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What do readers say about The Winter People?
reviving dead loved onesbringing back the deadyoung-adult ya novelsetup and ideasA Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months afte... Read more about The Winter People
I was up exploring in the woods, near the Devil’s Hand, where Papa had forbidden us to play. The trees were leafing out, making a lush green canopy overhead. The sun had warmed the soil, giving the da...
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What do readers say about Bag of Bones?
old-fashioned ghost storyclassic ghost storya haunted love storya modern-day classicSet in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past.
Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of ... Read more about Bag of Bones
On a very hot day in August of 1994, my wife told me she was going down to the Derry Rite Aid to pick up a refill on her sinus medicine prescription—this is stuff you can buy over the counter these da...
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What do readers say about A Winter Haunting?
good thought out plotbare bones ghost storya ghost storya clever, twisty thrillerA once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage - and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he... Read more about A Winter Haunting
I know what you’re thinking. There’s the old journalism anecdote of William Randolph Hearst needing someone to cover the Johnstown flood and sending a young cub reporter. It was the kid’s big break. T...
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What do readers say about The Invited?
nicely paced and plottedextremely well writtena haunted house storycomplexity and depthA chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house-they build one. . . .
In a quest for a ... Read more about The Invited
The cement mixing drum turned. Fresh concrete poured down the truck’s chute into the form made from wood and rigid foam insulation that rested on a thick bed of gravel. The truck belched diesel fumes ...
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What do readers say about Pride and Prejudice?
gentle ironic style200 year oldlively and witty languagevery carefully constructedThe pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their un... Read more about Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first enteri...
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