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• The Darkness in the Light

  a Thriller

  Kalla, Daniel

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  Dr. David Spears blames himself for potentially missing the warning signs in his patient who committed suicide. He suspects Brianna’s friend, Amka, but when he flies out to the remote Arctic community where she lives, she has disappeared. Soon the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman in the Library

  a Novel

  Gentill, Sulari

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  The calm at the Boston Public Library is shattered by a woman’s scream. As the security guards investigate, four strangers sitting at the same table begin to talk. One of them happens to be a murderer.

• Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

  Giordano, Mario, 1963-

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  Although Poldi’s plan to drink herself to death is foiled multiple times, at least living in Sicily at the seaside has its perks. One happens to be a sitar player named Ravi. When a young nun, who is involved in an exorcism, plummets to her death,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find You First

  a Novel

  Barclay, Linwood

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  When two police officers bang on Todd Cox’s door, he lets them enter. But they are not cops, and kill him. Apparently, he is one of nine targets on a list. Three weeks earlier, millionaire Miles Cookson learned he was dying from an incurable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Quiet in Her Bones

  Singh, Nalini, 1977-

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  Ten years ago, Nina went missing, along with $250,000 stashed in her husband’s safe. Son, Aarav, suspected foul play, and now, as an adult, his mother’s remains have been found. Aarav decides to do his own investigation, and turns up troubling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Earth and Blood

  Maas, Sarah J.

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  Archangel Micah enlists Bryce to dig into the death of Bryce’s friend, Danika. Although Micah thought they had captured the perpetrator, two years later a vampire dies in the same manner, suggesting that the real murderer is still free.

• A Match Made for Murder

  Whishaw, Iona, 1948-

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  Newly married Lane and Darling are staying at a posh hotel for their honeymoon. When one of the wealthy guest is shot dead, Lane and Darling are drawn into the investigation that soon puts them in the sights of local thugs. Meanwhile, back at home,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gilded Wolves

  Chokshi, Roshani

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  It’s 1889 in Paris, just a few weeks before the Exposition Universelle. Séverin, an infamous thief and hotelier, is planning the heist of an artifact that will help him locate a Babel fragment. His friend, Hypnos, will help fulfill Séverin’s wish to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Have I Ever

  a Novel

  Jackson, Joshilyn

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  All hell breaks loose when a new neighbour shows up to a book club, and in the flow of alcohol begins a game: What is the worst thing you’ve ever done? Everyone has secrets, but Amy wants to keep her secret buried. However, the new neighbour knows,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chalk Man

  a Novel

  Tudor, C. J.

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  As a 12-year-old, Eddie discovered a decapitated and dismembered body of a local girl in the woods. Now, as an adult, Eddie is not thrilled when an old friend contacts him, claiming to know who really killed the girl.

• Kill Creek

  a Novel

  Thomas, Scott, 1975-

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  Four horror writers are invited to spend Halloween in a supposed haunted house by a popular horror website, run by a mysterious creator. Each writer sees it as a promotional opportunity that will pay them handsomely. But the night turns into a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Head Full of Ghosts

  Tremblay, Paul

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  One of the Barretts’ daughters, Marjorie, begins to exhibit signs of schizophrenia. Rather than turn to conventional psychiatry, the parents ask their priest to perform an exorcism. Father Wanderly has connections to a TV show that wants to get the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Circus

  a Novel

  Morgenstern, Erin

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  Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves! Two young magicians must use their powers of illusion to best the other. Unbeknownst to them, this competition has far-reaching consequences, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

  Bradley, Alan, 1938-

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  Narrator, Flavia De Luce, isn’t your ordinary eleven-year-old girl. She has a penchant for chemistry, death and poisons. She has a fully equipped Victorian laboratory in Buckshaw, the family mansion. When the dead body of a visitor is found murdered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

  Clarke, Susanna

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  Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange reinvent magic in England during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British government asks Mr. Norrell for help defeating Napoleon. But Mr. Norrell has his own struggles, especially with his star pupil, Jonathan Strange.…Read moreRead more of this annotation