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1
Vampires of El Norte
Ca?s, Isabel
Paper Book
As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters - her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead....
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Outlawed : a novel
North, Anna
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK * INDIE NEXT SELECTION * LIBRARY READS SELECTION * AMAZON EDITORS' CHOICE * WASHINGTON POST BEST OF THE YEAR The "terrifying, wise, tender, and thrilling" (R.O. Kwon)...
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The astonishing color of after
Pan, Emily X. R.
Paper Book
A Time Magazine 100 Best YA Books of All Time Selection A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng. Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When...
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The suffering tree
Cosimano, Elle
Paper Book
Tori Burns and her family left D.C. for claustrophobic Chaptico, Maryland, after suddenly inheriting a house under mysterious circumstances. That inheritance puts her at odds with the entire town, especially Jesse Slaughter and his family-it's their generations-old land the Burns have "stolen."...
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Indian burial ground
Medina, Nick
Paper Book
All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on - just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her - things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend's apparent suicide brings...
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People in glass houses
Castle, Jayne
Paper Book
Two people desperate for answers wade through smoke and mirrors within the alien world of Harmony in this new novel by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Castle. His name is Joshua Knight. Once a respected explorer, the press now calls him the Tarnished Knight. He...
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Ninth house
Bardugo, Leigh
Paper Book
"The best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people... Impossible to put down." --Stephen King Enter a mesmerizing world of power, privilege, and dark magic among the Ivy League elite in the first book in the Alex Stern series. ...
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Hell bent
Bardugo, Leigh
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#1 New York Times Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Award Winner "A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing." ―The New York Times "All hail the queen of dark academia!" ―NPR Wealth. Power....
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HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
KOONTZ, DEAN.
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Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob's...
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A house with good bones
Kingfisher, T.
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A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2023 A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. "Mom seems off."<...
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All hallows
Golden, Christopher
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New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden is best known for his supernatural thrillers set in deadly, distant locales...but in this suburban Halloween drama, Golden brings the horror home. It's Halloween night, 1984, in...
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Sweetwater and the witch
Castle, Jayne
Paper Book
Welcome to the world of Harmony, where--despite its name, things are anything but--danger lurks just beneath the surface in this new novel by New York Times bestselling author, Jayne Castle. If there's something Ravenna Chastain knows, it's when to end things. And after...
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Go hunt me
deVos, Kelly
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For Dracula lovers and fans of Diana Urban's All Your Twisted Secrets, this spine-tingling thriller follows seven horror buffs as their dream trip to a remote Romanian castle turns into a nightmare when they begin to be killed one by one. Alex Rush is ready for the...
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We ride upon sticks
Barry, Quan
Paper Book
In the town of Danvers, Massachusetts, home of the original 1692 witch trials, the 1989 Danvers Falcons will do anything to make it to the state finals--even if it means tapping into some devilishly dark powers. Against a background of irresistible 1980s iconography, Quan Barry...
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Lightning in a mirror
Krentz, Jayne Ann
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The final installment in the chilling Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Olivia LeClair's experiment with speed dating is not going well. First there was the nasty encounter with the date from hell who tried to murder her and now...
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Book of night
Black, Holly
Paper Book
"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a...
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Hidden pictures
Rekulak, Jason.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER · OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF THE BATMAN GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER "I loved it." --Stephen King From Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller...
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The Kindred Spirits Supper Club
Reichert, Amy E.
Paper Book
For Sabrina Monroe, moving back home to the Wisconsin Dells means returning to the family curse: spirits who come to them for help with unfinished business. But Sabrina's always redirected the needy spirits to her mum, who's much better suited for the job. The one exception has always been Molly, a...
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Fairy godmothers, Inc.
DeWylde, Saranna
Paper Book
If love is the source of all the magic in the universe, and the town of Ever After, Missouri, is the epicenter of enchantment, then the locals are in dire need of a reboot. At least according to resident fairy godmothers Petunia, Jonquil, and Bluebonnet. Their solution? Blow a bit of fairy dust in...
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The charmed wife
Grushin, Olga
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"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." -O, the Oprah Magazine Cinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century. Cinderella married the man of...
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I am homeless if this is not my home
Moore, Lorrie
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER * A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ * From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" (The New York Times)--a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion...
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House of Hollow
Sutherland, Krystal
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things really do go bump in the night. Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are...
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23
The book of accidents : a novel
Wendig, Chuck
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A family returns to their hometown--and to the dark past that haunts them still--in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers LOCUS AWARD FINALIST * "The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns...
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And they lived happily ever after
Beharrie, Therese
Paper Book
Fans of Payback's a Witch and The Ex Hex won't want to miss this charming and humorous novel featuring a South African writer facing her past and literally living her dreams-and conjuring a real-life hero. A Goodreads Most Hotly Anticipated Romance
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Infinity son
Silvera, Adam
Paper Book
A New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and IndieBound bestseller! Balancing epic and intensely personal stakes, bestselling author Adam Silvera's Infinity Son is a gritty, fast-paced adventure about two brothers caught up in a magical war generations in the making. Growing up in New...
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The deep
Katsu, Alma
Paper Book
From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic. Someone, or something, is...
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Instant karma
Meyer, Marissa
Paper Book
In New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her - both good and bad. Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the...
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Vicious spirits
Cho, Kat
Paper Book
New romance and dangers abound in this companion to the crowd-pleasing Wicked Fox. After the events of Wicked Fox, Somin is ready to help her friends pick up the pieces of their broken lives and heal. But Jihoon is still grieving the loss of his grandmother, and...
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Last things
West, Jacqueline
Paper Book
"Everything I love in a book."--Victoria Schwab, author of #1 New York Times bestseller This Savage Song "The kind of taut, atmospheric thriller that gets your heart racing and sets your imagination on fire. Sensational."--Claire Legrand, New York Times-bestselling author of Furyborn ...
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The sum of all shadows
Lustbader, Eric
Paper Book
The Sum of All Shadows is the dramatic finale of New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader's pulse-pounding Testament series. The Final Battle is here. For millennia, Lucifer--the Sum of All Shadows--has been rebuilding his influence. At...
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31
All of us with wings
Keil, Michelle Ruiz
Paper Book
As a runaway in San Francisco, seventeen year old Xochi never expected to encounter the precocious preteen Pallas, or to fall into a position as the girl's governess. Soon, Xochi has taken up residence at the sprawling Victorian mansion belonging to Pallas' family, the glamorous rock band Lady...
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Pale as death
Graham, Heather
Paper Book
From the dark depths of Hollywood's past The crime scene is horrific: the corpse of a young actress, drained of blood and cut in two. LAPD Detective Sophie Manning's new case is high-profile and difficult--there's no evidence to work with. And it's a disturbing echo of the infamous...
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The remaking : a novel
Chapman, Clay McLeod
Paper Book
From Clay McLeod Chapman, "the twenty-first century's Richard Matheson" (Richard Chizmar), comes an "original and chilling" (Buzzfeed) ghost story that follows the legend of the Witch Girl of Pilot's Creek as it evolves every twenty years-with haunting results. In the...
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Witchmark
Polk, C. L
Paper Book
WINNER of the 2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lammy Award! One of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time Magazine One of the best books of 2018,...
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A lush and seething hell : two tales of cosmic horror
Jacobs, John Hornor
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A World Fantasy Award Nominee! The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales that examine the violence and depravity of the human condition. Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short...
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Time's convert
Harkness, Deborah E.
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches and The Black Bird Oracle comes a novel about what it takes to become a vampire--the fourth in the All Souls series. Look for the hit series "A Discovery of Witches," now streaming on...
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Blood communion : a tale of Prince Lestat
Rice, Anne
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as one...
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Four dominions
Lustbader, Eric
Paper Book
Four Dominions is a new, pulse-pounding thriller from theNew York Times bestselling author of the Jason Bourne series andThe Testament The End of Days has been predicted for the last two thousand years, but now it is upon us. Emma and Bravo...
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39
My plain Jane
Hand, Cynthia
Paper Book
Move over, Charlotte Brontë. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane put an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre--a fantastical tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. You may think you...
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Hold back the dark
Hooper, Kay
Paper Book
Madness has taken ahold of Prosperity, North Carolina. Residents are killing one another, as if in a dream, and waking up with no memory of the monstrous acts they've committed - or why. As the death toll climbs, the local sheriff's department is further rocked by a murder carried out by one of...
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The hush
Hart, John
Paper Book
New York Timesbestseller The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel,New York Timesbestselling author John Hart returns to the world of his most beloved novel,The Last Child Building on the world first seen in...
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The hush
Hart, John
Paper Book
New York Timesbestseller The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel,New York Timesbestselling author John Hart returns to the world of his most beloved novel,The Last Child Building on the world first seen in...
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The girl in the moon
Goodkind, Terry.
Paper Book
In his newest heart-pounding suspense novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind introduces the world to his most unforgettable and deadly character yet. Angela Constantine is a girl born broken. When Angela was young, before she came to...
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The cabin at the end of the world : a novel
Tremblay, Paul
Paper Book
Paul Tremblay's terrifying twist to the home invasion novel--inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures "Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." -- Stephen King Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote...
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45
The mortal instruments : the graphic novel. 1
Clare, Cassandra
Paper Book
Cassandra Clare's bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments, is adapted into a graphic novel series! Hanging out with her best friend, Simon, is just about the most exciting thing in Clary's life...that is, until she realizes there are people only she can see. But when her mother disappears and a...
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Lord of shadows
Clare, Cassandra
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows, the bestselling sequel to Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel. Emma Carstairs...
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47
Full wolf moon : a novel
Child, Lincoln
Paper Book
Legends, no matter how outlandish, are often grounded in reality. This has been the guiding principle behind the exhilarating career of Jeremy Logan, the "enigmologist"-an investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious explanation-previously seen in The Forgotten Room, The...
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48
Dying breath
Graham, Heather
Paper Book
Buried alive... As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attack by a serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost. Now the city of Boston is being terrorized--someone is kidnapping women and burying them alive, but cruelly leaving a glimmer of hope for the authorities by...
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Dying breath
Graham, Heather
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Buried alive... As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attack by a serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost. Now the city of Boston is being terrorized--someone is kidnapping women and burying them alive, but cruelly leaving a glimmer of hope for the authorities by...
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The fervor : a novel
Katsu, Alma
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In an internment camp in Idaho in 1944, American-born Meiko Briggs and her daughter Aiko dream of their home in Seattle and the safe return of Meiko's husband who is away with the Air Force. A sickness starts to spread amongst those in the camp and though it starts as a minor cold it triggers...
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51
The talented Ribkins : a novel
Hubbard, Ladee
Paper Book
A compulsively readable, big-hearted story about a family with special gifts who sometimes stumble in their efforts to succeed in life, The Talented Ribkins draws on such novels as Toni Morrison's Sula and Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist to weave themes of race, class and politics into a...
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52
Creatures of will and temper
Tanzer, Molly
Paper Book
"A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp . . . Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel." -- Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach trilogy Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture, fin-de-siècle...
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Rose blood
Howard, A. G.
Paper Book
This YA novel from New York Times bestselling author A. G. Howard marks the beginning of a new era for fans of the Splintered series. Rune Germain moves to a boarding school outside of Paris, only to discover that at this opera-house-turned-music-conservatory, phantoms really do exist....
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54
Akata warrior
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
The newest novel by the author of Akata Witch and the Marvel comic book series about Shuri, Black Panther's sister! "The most imaginative, gripping, enchanting fantasy novels I have ever read!" --Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Speak<...
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Before the devil breaks you : a Diviners novel
Bray, Libba
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The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by #1 New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray. New York City. 1927. Lights are bright. Jazz is king.
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The rules of magic
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.
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Haunted destiny
Graham, Heather
Paper Book
The newest story in Heather Graham's popular Krewe of Hunters series, Haunted Destiny is another page-turner--set on a cruise ship. You'll never look at taking a vacation the same way again! Between the Evil and the Deep Blue Sea... A...
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58
Prince Lestat and the realms of Atlantis
Rice, Anne
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An ambitious and exhilarating novel of utopian vision and power, from Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat "In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea. I heard the cries...
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59
Labyrinth lost
Córdova, Zoraida
Paper Book
The first book in the Latinx-infused Queer fantasy series from Zoraida Córdova, highly acclaimed author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, that follows three sisters--and teen witches--as they develop their powers and battle magic through epic questing in the realms beyond. Alex is a...
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60
The midnight star
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from "hit factory" Marie Lu There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen. Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on...
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Lady Midnight
Clare, Cassandra
Paper Book
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It's been five years since the events of City...
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62
Nest : a thriller
Goodkind, Terry.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind reinvents the thriller with a provocative, page-turning walk among evil. Kate Bishop thought she was an ordinary woman living and working in Chicago. But when she unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of a police...
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63
Frost line
Howard, Linda
Paper Book
A white hot romantic suspense from bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones. Lenna is Strength, a manifestation of the Tarot card, and powerful beyond reckoning. But when she's pulled into the human realm and tasked with protecting a young boy, everything is thrown into chaos....
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Fear the dark
Hooper, Kay
Paper Book
In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper's new novel, an SCU team investigates a troubling string of disappearances. But how do you find someone who has vanished without a trace? Something strange is happening in the small mountain town of Serenity, Tennessee....
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The suffering
Chupeco, Rin
Paper Book
The breathtaking and haunting companion to The Girl from the Well, from the highly acclaimed author of the Bone Witch trilogy The darkness will find you. Seventeen-year-old Tark knows what it is to be powerless. But Okiku changed that. A restless spirit who...
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66
The firebird
Kearsley, Susanna
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters?sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"--DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander ...
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Slade house
Mitchell, David
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller by the author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Guardian Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British...
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The accident season
Fowley-Doyle, Mo© ra.
Paper Book
For fans of We Were Liars, How I Live Now, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane comes a haunting, sexy debut of magical realism. And look for Moïra Fowley-Doyle's newest book, Spellbook of the Lost and Found. Every October Cara and her...
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The accident season
Fowley-Doyle, Moïra.
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For fans of We Were Liars, How I Live Now, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane comes a haunting, sexy debut of magical realism. And look for Moïra Fowley-Doyle's newest book, Spellbook of the Lost and Found. Every October Cara and her...
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Serpentine
Pon, Cindy
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Inspired by the rich history of Chinese mythology, this sweeping fantasy is set in the ancient Kingdom of Xia and tells the coming of age story of Skybright, a young girl who worries about her growing otherness. As she turns 16, Skybright notices troubling changes. By day, she is a companion...
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