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The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean Koontz
When he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée and his favorite chair, Benny Catspaw gets a strange inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of– a seven-foot-tall self-described“bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world. Try these next: Coincidence by David Ambrose; Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson.
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| The House of Last Resort by Christopher GoldenBram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden's compelling latest stars an American couple who move to a remote Italian town and purchase an opulent yet abandoned estate that was once owned by the Catholic Church. What secrets lie within its crumbling walls? For fans of: The Chrysalis by Brendan Deneen; The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. |
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| Island Witch by Amanda JayatissaIn a 19th-century Sri Lankan village, Amara, the daughter of the local demon-priest, fights to clear her father's name after a series of brutal jungle attacks leave multiple men dead. This atmospheric novel by the author of You're Invited is inspired by Sri Lankan folklore. For fans of: Lone Women by Victor LaValle; Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas. |
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| What Feasts at Night by T. KingfisherWorld-weary soldier Alex Easton returns to their family home in Gallacia, where they find the caretaker dead from lung disease and rumors swirling in the village about an entity that steals people's breath. This 2nd creepy entry in T. Kingfisher's bestselling Sworn Soldier series (following What Moves the Dead) will appeal to fans of evocative gothic novels like Marielle Thompson's Where Ivy Dares to Grow. |
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| The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteTwenty years after surviving a cosmic event that turned everyone in her hometown into ghosts, Talitha Velkwood returns to the site of the haunting to confront past traumas and reckon with horrors both real and supernatural in this character-driven latest from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens. Try these next: The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy. |
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Murder Road
by Simone St. James
In 1995, newlyweds April and Eddie, making a wrong turn, pick up an injured hitchhiker who later dies and, now suspects in a series of unexplained murders, must dig into the town's history to clear their names and discover there's something supernatural at work on that horrible stretch of road. For further reading: The Last Dance by Mark Billingham; Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore.
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A Haunting in the Arctic
by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
An explorer uncovers dark secrets of a past full of lies, cruelty and murder after finding a one-hundred year old shipwreck off the coast of Iceland in the new horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. For further reading: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; The Wonder State by Sarah Flannery Murphy
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The House at the End of the World
by Dean Koontz
Alone on Jacob's Ladder island until two agents arrive in search of someone--or something--they refuse to identify, artist Katie, along with a brave young girl, finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy that could bring about the end of the world. For fans of: Kingdom Come by Jane Jensen; Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones.
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