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| The Mansion by Ezekiel BooneWhat it's about: Tech developer Billy Stafford has fallen on hard times. When his billionaire former partner, Shawn Eagle, asks Billy to troubleshoot Eagle's new smart home AI software Nellie, Billy's curiosity (and the promise of a big paycheck) prompts him to accept.
Ghost in the machine: Nellie's menacing glitches exacerbate the discord between the embittered Billy and the arrogant Shawn, unearthing long-buried secrets...and wreaking deadly havoc.
Who it's for: technophobes and fans of Stephen King's The Shining. |
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Stranger things : suspicious minds
by Gwenda Bond
What it's about: A prequel to the hit Netflix series explores several of the show's mysteries and includes details about Eleven's mother and her time as a test subject in the MKUltra program.
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| Mouthful of Birds: Stories by Samanta SchweblinWhat it is: a surreal collection of 20 translated short stories that is as darkly humorous as it is disturbing.
Don't miss: The nightmarish "Headlights," in which hundreds of jilted brides sit abandoned on the side of a highway, offers witty gender commentary and an ending that is "a slug in the gut" (Library Journal).
Author alert: Argentine author Samanta Schweblin is a Man Booker International Prize finalist for her thought-provoking debut novel, Fever Dream. |
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Devil's day
by Andrew Michael Hurley
What it's about: John Pentecost returns his family farm each autumn to gather the sheep down from the moors, but this year his grandfather has died, and with him the village's protection from the Devil. By the Costa First Novel Award-winning author of The Loney.
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| The Deep by Nick CutterThe hook: Luke Nelson is summoned to his brother's research lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a mysterious substance called "ambrosia" is being studied as a possible cure for a global pandemic.
The catch: No one's heard from the scientists in days...and when Luke arrives at the station, he's confronted by escalating horrors that blur the line between reality and illusion.
Book buzz: The Deep is a claustrophobic and gory thrill ride that Clive Barker calls "utterly terrifying." |
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| Into the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantUnder the sea: Marine biologist Victoria Stewart lost her sister seven years ago when the Atargatis disappeared while filming a mermaid mockumentary. Joining the crew for a new voyage, she hopes to discover what really happened to her sister on that fateful expedition.
Read it for: killer mermaids!
Series alert: Into the Drowning Deep is the sequel to the grim novella Rolling in the Deep, which charts the voyage of the Atargatis. |
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The terror : a novel
by Dan Simmons
What it's about: Captain Crozier must find a way for his crew to survive the deadly attacks of a mysterious and insatiable sea monster that is stalking the men trapped in the Arctic ice, in a novel loosely based on the mid-nineteenth-century Arctic expedition originally led by Sir John Franklin.
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Natural selection
by Dave Freedman
What it's about: Intrigued by a series of mysterious attacks on ocean wildlife, a group of scientists stumbles upon evidence of a prehistoric manta ray that has evolved into a dangerous predator, but when they set out to study the creature, they discover that the leader of the rays has figured out how to fly and is attacking people on a remote island in the region. A first novel.
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The Boy Who Drew Monsters: A Novel
by Keith Donohue
What it's about: In The Boy Who Drew Monsters, Jack Peter (JP) Keenan is a ten-year-old boy who lives with his parents in Maine. Three years ago, JP nearly drowned, and ever since, he has been withdrawn and anxious. He also has a new hobby: drawing monsters. Soon his parents become fearful themselves, as they experience severe headaches and hallucinations that seem to connect with the boy's drawings. Could JP's frightful near-drowning underlie the growing atmosphere of menace? Or is everyone in the family going insane? Keep all the lights on while reading this depiction of psychological terror enhanced by scary but realistic incidents.
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Goliath
by Steve Alten
The world is threatened by Goliath, a mysterious, high-tech nuclear submarine that is virtually undectable underwater and is powered by a bio-chemical computer brain capable of learning and developing its own agenda for all humankind. By the author of Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror.
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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