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"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE Detective Sergeant Lucy Sheppard has spent her whole life running from the dreary hometown she fled at sixteen, and Meadow Manor, the former nursing home where she grew up among the dead and the dying. Now, three months after her mother's death, Lucy returns with one goal: either confront the terrifying things she witnessed as a child, or finally accept that she is losing her mind. The manor has haunted her since childhood - from the burned teddy bear that kept crawling back ...

The Good House, by Ann Leary, is funny, poignant, and terrifying. A classic New England tale that lays bare the secrets of one little town, this spirited novel will stay with you long after the story has ended. Now a major motion picture starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline! Hildy Good is a...

Great British Houses: The Anglophile’s Guide to Britain’s Stately Homes is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to some of the most magnificent and historically significant houses in Britain. This book takes you on a journey through the grandest and most elegant homes, castles, and manors in Britain, and provides you with a wealth of information about their history, culture, and architectural significance. In this book, you can explore the grandeur of houses like Highclere Castle, the setting for the popular TV series Downton Abbey, or the stunning Blenheim Palace, which was the ...

You are cordially invited to a murder… Judith Spears was expecting a quiet retirement. Instead, she’s investigating a killing at a country estate. When a loud-mouthed media celebrity is accused of murder, he insists he’s been framed—and for reasons Judith would rather keep to herself, she’s inclined to believe him. So she agrees to help. As Judith begins to dig, it quickly becomes clear that nothing about the case is straightforward. Secrets lurk behind polite smiles. Alibis don’t quite hold. And someone is determined to keep the truth buried. Unfortunately for them— Judith ...

Read by Hugh Fraser “Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best.” --Agatha Christie Described by the queen of mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published work, Crooked House is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving...

A fake engagement. A deadly secret. A killer who believes love is the perfect disguise. When wealthy widower Geoffrey Marchmont is poisoned just days before rewriting his will, suspicion falls on everyone closest to him—from his much younger fiancée to the family member determined to protect their inheritance. But Miss Jane Marple quickly realizes the murder may have little to do with romance and everything to do with a long-buried secret someone has guarded for thirty years. Or maybe the two are connected? To draw out the killer, Miss Marple and her longtime friend Sir Alec Hadley ...

London, 1941. Polly Hope is bravely working as an air raid warden during the Blitz when she saves the life of the charming Freddie Fairbank. Over a thank-you breakfast at the Ritz, he asks Polly to help requisition a sprawling English country house for the war effort. Petherbridge Hall has grand rooms, lovely views and will be a perfect nursing home for injured troops, if they can only persuade the family to give up their house. But then they find the lord of the manor dead behind the gardener’s shed.

Great Value! 13 Book Box Set at a very special price of 99c, limited time only. Grab all 13 haunted house complete stories for one low price! DOWNLOAD FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED. Enter into a world of terror, chilling encounters, ghostly visions, unleashed evil and supernatural beings in the Ghost Hauntings Collection. When evil takes hold, it doesn't want to let go, and the supernatural world wants to keep what it has, tearing and destroying anyone in its path. The Collection Includes: The Haunting of Hilltop Mansion The Haunting of Maple Mansion The Haunting of Thomas House The Haunting ...

DON'T MISS THE ORIGINAL SERIES—NOW AVAILABLE ON PBS! A disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense from an internationally bestselling author, where secrets kept hidden from spouses cause shocking surprises that hit home... There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91...

Great Value! 13 Book Haunted House Ghost Tales Box Set Grab all 13 complete haunted house stories for one low price. Get your scare on with haunting stories you may not want to read alone. The stories are full of terrifying encounters, noises that go bump in the night, ghosts that want to destroy, and evil that is so dark and sinister it will never go away. Each spooky place has a past so gruesome, you must be out of your mind to want to live there. The 13 Book Box Set includes: The Haunting of Langdon House The Haunting of Mercer House The Haunting of Camp Lakewood The Haunting of Bella ...

On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy. At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph's volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who reported the crime is in fact the perpetrator. But Mack isn't the only one with a stake in the case.

They were once one of the Royal Family's most exciting young couples. Then everything began to fall apart. When Prince Andrew married the spirited Sarah Ferguson, Britain celebrated the arrival of a glamorous new royal couple. They had titles, privilege, two princess daughters, and seemingly every advantage imaginable. But behind the palace walls, the House of York was heading toward a very different future. The Fall of the House of York follows the extraordinary story of Prince Andrew, Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Eugenie—from the spectacular royal wedding...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. “Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year) It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century...

You’re invited on a tour of the Great White North in search of the ever-elusive Sasquatch. Canada is the second largest country in the world yet only about twenty percent of its landmass is inhabited by humans. Vast swathes of wilderness provide habitat for such large predators as the cougar, bear, and wolf. Witnesses from across Canada agree that there is another, unknown creature stalking the Canadian wilds - the giant, bipedal, ape-like creature known as Sasquatch. While a great deal of research has been done on Sasquatch sightings in British Columbia, the other provinces of Canada ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true. Featuring full cast narration. Be careful what you wish for... Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple—until a...

Everything Agatha Christie would become begins in these thirteen books. This annotated collection includes: • A 15,000-word critical study of the author's first decade • A full life of the author, from wartime dispenser to Queen of Crime • An introduction: how to read the early work • A Note on the Texts and their United States public-domain status • Thirteen complete works, 1920–1930, in one volume Everything the world's best-selling novelist would become begins in these thirteen books. Between 1920 and 1930 an unknown Englishwoman published the novels that invented modern ...

A heart-stopping novel of adventure and suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins—the first in his critically acclaimed Sigma Force series A freak explosion in the British Museum in London ignites a perilous race for an earth-shaking power source buried deep beneath the...

A young widow faces an uncertain future . . . until an unexpected encounter with her first love gives her heart a second chance. This low-spice Regency romance is perfect for fans of Poldark, Julie Klassen, and Mimi Matthews. England, 1817--Charlotte Grey thought she had seen the last of Anthony...