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From New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as “the Steinbeck of Suburbia” (Time), “our Balzac of the burbs” (Chicago Sun-Times), and “an American Chekhov” (The New York Times), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams. “Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs...

The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets. Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know is that this project is another one of his lies.

Murder at a memorial. Four elderly suspects. And a ghost with zero patience for bad behavior. Lena Larsen thought hosting a charity knitting circle would be a peaceful way to honor her late grandmother’s memory. Raspberry bars, warm stories, and a few hours of needlework—what could go wrong? Everything, as it turns out. When old secrets surface and accusations fly, the cozy gathering erupts into chaos. And when one of the guests ends up dead, Lena finds herself caught between four elderly suspects, her boyfriend the sheriff, and a very angry ghost who has had quite enough of murder ...

While developing a new system to maintain Morganville's defenses, student Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers. Through this, she's able to reestablish the field around this vampire-infested Texas college town that protects it from outsiders. But the new upgrades have an unexpected consequence: people inside the town begin to slowly forget who they are - even the vampires.

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of...

For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past - and get away with murder. Peter Straub's classic best seller is a work of "superb horror" ( Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time - and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares.

When fall leaves turn blood red… Martha Ellingsen ran the Fall Harvest Fest like a general commanding troops—efficient, exacting, and feared by nearly everyone. So when she's found dead behind the pumpkin carving booth, the suspect list is longer than the vendor roster. Lena Larsen didn't plan on investigating another murder, but with her observant nature and Granny's ghostly insights, she can't help noticing the clues everyone else is missing. Can Lena figure out who snapped before the wrong person gets arrested?

Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend.

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib discuss and explore some of the most mysterious and interesting events in history. Take a trip to haunted hotels, abandoned malls, deserted amusement parks, paranormal experiences, infamous true crimes, and weird historical and cultural events. This is Ghost Town.

Make storytime a little spookier with the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! Every visit to the magic tree house leads to a time-travel adventure! Is this town HAUNTED? Jack and Annie wonder when the Magic Tree House whisks them to the Wild West. But before they can say "Boo!" they...

Every object has a ghost. There is a small yellow backpack - half unzipped, mouth yawning to the pavement, contents strewn around it (a banana, an exercise book, a pair of scissors) - abandoned on a suburban footpath. Ten feet away, the rubber stamp of tyres, resisting clamped brakes, mount the curb and cut across the path. The tracks come to an end at a crippled stop sign. The street, a tree-lined suburban road dappled in late-afternoon sunlight, is calm. But anyone walking past can feel the ghosts: the prickle on the back of their necks that tells them something happened here.

Here's what people have to say about the Tales from The Wasatch and Beyond... Zoe Sharp, (England) author of the highly acclaimed Charlie Fox crime thriller series: “Reading this collection has been a treat. The scale and imagination of the stories stretches from the Moby Dick of grizzly bears, campfire tales of giant wolves, a ghost train in the desert and the perils of staying just a little too long at the late-night antique store, via the lure of the stars—either above a midnight lake or spread across a movie theatre ceiling—making friends with new (and old) neighbors, and how far ...

I found her by accident—just a glimpse during a job finished a few months back. One little discovery turned into an obsession. I told myself to forget her, but that was a lie I never stood a chance of keeping. When I learned her father planned to trade her to another club’s bastard, I couldn’t let it happen. So I took her.

Three Strangers, 3 days, Trapped in a Ghost Town 100 Years in the Past. Winner, American Fiction Awards Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Awards Brilliant but burned-out CIA operative Richard Hart has a midlife crisis. He wants out of the intelligence game for good. But he can't resist his last and only opportunity to meet the legendary V.M. Moodbain, a grand CIA Chessmaster, who will do anything to keep him engaged. When Moodbain does not show up for their rendezvous at the appointed time, Hart realizes he has been set up as a pawn in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. He finds himself trapped in a ...

The Secrets of Hardy Lodge A MORA Paranormal Mystery (Book One) A remote lodge in the Northwoods. A gathering of paranormal investigators. And a murder the dead themselves may help solve. When paranormal investigator Mary O’Reilly and her husband, Police Chief Bradley Alden, arrive at Hardy Lodge for a weekend retreat with several ghost-hunting teams, they expect a few spirited debates about equipment, techniques, and the existence of ghosts. What they don’t expect is a body. Lady Edna, a controversial psychic known for being a diva, is found murdered behind the lodge’s bar. With a ...

Along our roads, buried in our fields, and hidden in the woods lie the remnants of once important villages of Perry County’s past. It is where our ancestors lived, loved, raised a family, earned a living, worshiped, and finally were laid to rest – places of great industrial enterprises, transportation centers, recreational areas or perhaps just an area where extended families built homes and farmed the land. It was where tens of thousands passed through Perry County on their way to their dreams of a better life or where thousands of young men restored the natural beauty of our mountains...

A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.

Inheriting a cursed estate, Darla must unravel deadly family secrets before vengeful spirits claim her as their next victim. Inheriting a vast estate, Darla uncovers deadly family secrets and vengeful spirits. As she digs deeper, the ghosts tied to her lineage reveal a curse that threatens her life. With time running out, she must face the haunted past or become the next victim. The truth could cost her everything.

When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry. When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of...