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Unforgettably Eerie Reads
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Broken monsters
by Lauren Beukes F BEU
Detective Gabriella Versado investigates after disturbing displays that fuse the bodies of murder victims with those of animals are uncovered in abandoned Detroit buildings, in a thriller from the author of the international best-seller The Shining Girls.
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The Troop
by Nick Cutter
Leading a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a traditional weekend camping trip, scoutmaster Tim Riggs encounters a disturbing, voraciously hungry intruder in the woods who infects the troop with a bioengineered disease.
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Plain bad heroines
by Emily M. Danforth F DAN
A highly anticipated adult debut from the award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the release of a best-selling book about an early 20th-century New England boarding school where gender-diverse students died under suspicious circumstances.
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix F HEN
After witnessing a series of strange incidents combined with her best friend's increasingly bizarre behavior, 1980s high schooler, Abby, comes to the conclusion that Gretchen has become possessed by a demon and embarks on a quest to save her.
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Horns
by Joe Hill F HIL
After his childhood sweetheart is brutally killed and suspicion falls on him, Ig Parrish goes on a drinking binge and wakes up with horns on his head, hate in his heart and an incredible new power, a power he uses in the name of vengeance, only to learn that, when it comes to revenge, the devil is in the details. By the best-selling author of Heart-Shaped Box.
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The woman in black
by Susan Hill F HIL
Published to coincide with the release of a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe, a classic ghost story set in a small English community follows the experiences of an up-and-coming solicitor who while endeavoring to settle a deceased client's affairs is haunted by bizarre phenomena before he is approached by a ghostly figure.
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The haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson F JAC
Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, and his team--Theodora, his assistant; Eleanor, a fragile young woman with a close acquaintance with the paranormal; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House--conduct an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house.
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The Grip of It
by Jac Jemc F JEM
Julie and James settle into a house in a small town outside the city where they met. The move--prompted by James's penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check--is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. But this house, which sits between lake and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to settle into their home and their relationship, the house and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. Together the couple embark on a panicked search for the source of their mutual torment, a journey that mires them in the history of their peculiar neighbors and the mysterious residents who lived in the house before Julie and James.
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The only good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones F JON
A novel that blends classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives.
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Nothing but blackened teeth
by Cassandra Khaw F KHA
A Heian-era mansion resting on the bonds of a bride, the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding, find a night of revelry turning into a bloody nightmare.
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Bird box
by Josh Malerman F MAL
In a world where no one can go outside or open the door for fear of letting "them" in, single mother Malorie and her children must leave the house and risk everything to survive.
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Reprieve
by James Han Mattson F MAT
When a contestant is murdered in the final cell of the Quigley House—a full-contact haunted escape room, those who were present on that fateful night must come to terms with how their beliefs and actions may have contributed to this horrifying act of violence.
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The winter people
by Jennifer McMahon F MCM
Coming of age in an old farmhouse, 19-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances. By the best-selling author of Island of Lost Girls.
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Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia F MOR
A reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel follows the experiences of a courageous socialite in 1950s Mexico who is drawn into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion.
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Children of Chicago
by Cynthia Pelayo M PEL
When the Pied Piper returns, leaving his special calling card on the bodies of his brutally murdered victims, Detective Lauren Medina is torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe and keeping a promise she made long ago to him.
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The Silent Companions
by Laura Purcell F PUR
While residing in her late husband’s crumbling estate to see out her pregnancy, newly widowed Elsie is met with resentment and hostility from both the servants and local villagers and soon discovers that she is not alone when she finds a wooden figure that bears a startling resemblance to her—and whose eyes seem to follow her where she goes.
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The death of Jane Lawrence
by Caitlin Starling F STA
Embarking on a marriage of convenience with bold, courageous surgeon Augustine Lawrence in post-war England, practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield instead finds a terrified, paranoid man who cannot tell reality from a nightmare and realizes something is deeply wrong with this man she is bound to.
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Catherine House
by Elisabeth Thomas F THO
A dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students and the dark truths beneath their school’s promises of prestige.
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