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Lute
Thorne, Jennifer
Paper Book
Wicker Man meets Final Destination in Jennifer Thorne's atmospheric, unsettling folk horror novel about love, duty, and community. On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less. Lute and its inhabitants are...
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Wildwood Whispers
Reece, Willa.
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"A witchy story full of found family, lush nature, and small-town secrets." --Hester Fox "A magical, romantic tale about our essential connections to nature and to each other." --Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author
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The library of the dead
Huchu, Tendai
Paper Book
'Fast-moving and entertaining' Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London Enter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu. The first book in the spellbinding Edinburgh Nights series. When...
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Certain dark things
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous...
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The spook in the stacks
Gates, Eva
Paper Book
Halloween in North Carolina's Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body. Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina...
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Diamond Head : a novel
Wong, Cecily
Paper Book
A sweeping debut spanning from China to Hawaii that follows four generations of a wealthy shipping family whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love--from a young, powerful new voice in fiction. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Frank Leong, a fabulously wealthy...
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Where ivy dares to grow
Thompson, Marielle
Paper Book
Mexican Gothic meets Outlander in this spellbinding, atmospheric timeslip debut novel, as a woman struggling with her mental health spends the winter with her cruel in-laws in their eerie, haunting manor that sweeps her back through time and into the arms of her fiance's mysterious,...
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The Haunting of Las Lagrimas
Cleese, W.M.
Paper Book
Wakenhyrst meets du Maurier in South America, based on the author's time spent living in Brazil. Las Lágrimas takes the classic trope of a rattling English country house and transposes it to the wilds of Buenos Aires, for a fresh, updated take on the...
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Snowblind
Golden, Christopher.
Paper Book
In Christopher Golden's first horror novel in more than a decade--a work reminiscent of early Stephen King--Snowblindupdates the ghost story for the modern age. The small New England town of Coventry had weathered a thousand blizzards . . . but never one like this. Icy figures...
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White, Kiersten
Paper Book
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. The challenge- spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get...
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