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• The Weird

  a Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

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  An oversized anthology of dark and bizarre tales written throughout the past century that includes entries by international best-sellers and award-winners, including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Franz Kafka.

• Magpie Murders

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  Magpie Murders revolves around Susan Ryeland, an editor who receives an incomplete manuscripts of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.

• The 13th Hour

  a Thriller

  Doetsch, Richard

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  "At 9 p.m., Nick Quinn is sitting in a jail cell, arrested for the murder of his wife, Mary, when he is offered an astonishing opportunity. Given a talisman by a mysterious stranger, Nick now has the ability to go back in time, one hour at a time,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fahrenheit 451

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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  "Fahrenheit 451" is set in a dystopian future where books are burned in order to control unhappy thoughts and dangerous concepts. The novel follows Guy Montag, a fireman who questions the book-burning policy and suffers greatly and is transformed as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Study in Scarlet ; The Sign of Four ; The Hound of the Baskervilles

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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  Three of the enthralling novels that brought us the world's greatest fictional detective are gathered here in one volume.

• Skin and Other Stories

  Dahl, Roald

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  Roald Dahl won the 1980 Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series for the episode "Skin" based on his short story of the same name. Also includes a humorous account of two foolish pheasant poachers, a macabre tale of a murderous wife, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  a Novel

  Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-

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  Tucked away in a back alley in Tokyo, there lies a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than a century. But this coffee shop provides a unique experience for its customers: the chance to go back in time.

• Seasonal Work

  Stories

  Lippman, Laura, 1959-

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  Award-winning author, Laura Lippman's collection of varied and devilishly clever stories. These masterfully written tales of strong women, deception, murder, risky games and love gone wrong provide indisputable evidence that Lippman's riveting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Olive Kitteridge

  Strout, Elizabeth

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  2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Awards. Olive Kitteridge is a retired schoolteacher who laments the changes in her small, coastal town of Crosby, Maine.

• An Unwanted Guest

  Lapena, Shari, 1960-

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  Mitchell's Inn is a winter wonderland getaway in the Catskills, but when a blizzard cuts off electricity and contact with the outside world, the guests start to panic. They can't leave, and with no cell service, there is no prospect of getting the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

  Turton, Stuart

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  Aiden Bishop is doomed to relive the same day in different people's bodies until he can stop Evelyn Hardcastle from being murdered.

• The Count of Monte Cristo

  Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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  Wrongfully imprisoned for 14 years, Edmond Dantès escapes to the island of Monte Cristo. What awaits him there is a fortune in gold--and a new identity with which to pursue his revenge and redemption.

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