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• Come Closer

  a Novel

  Gran, Sara

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  From the author of Saturn's Return to New York comes this dark psychological thriller. "'What we think is impos-sible happens all the time.' So claims the beguiling narrator of Come Closer, and after reading this spare and menacing tale, the reader…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Good Indians

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  They were introduced to their culture but never identified with it, never believed in its power. During an elk hunt, a disturbing event occurs. Ten years later, tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sun Down Motel

  St. James, Simone

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  In this engrossing supernatural thriller from St. James (The Broken Girls), 20-year-old Carly Kirk sets out from her Illinois hometown determined to find some answers 35 years after her aunt Viv Delaney vanished while working the night shift at a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Broken Girls

  St. James, Simone

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  "This modern gothic tale by the author of The Haunting of Maddie Clare is a real page-turner and just creepy enough to keep readers satisfyingly on edge. Perfect for a dark and stormy night.-Susan Clifford Braun, Bainbridge Island" (from Library…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between Two Fires

  Buehlman, Christopher

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  In 1348, after a young girl left orphaned by the Black Death predicts a coming apocalypse, Thomas, a disgraced knight, finds himself in the middle of a second war on heaven as angels fight demon.

• First Comes Summer

  Hesselager, Maria

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  "Winding seamlessly between the psychological and the mythological, the spellbinding story of a young woman's dangerous passion as it plays out over the course of an eerie summer" -- Goodreads

• The Only One Left

  a Novel

  Sager, Riley

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  "In 1983, home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope's End to care for Lenora Hope, helping her write about the events leading up to her family's massacre in 1929 ,and soon discovers this seemingly harmless woman could be far more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Saturday Night Ghost Club

  Davidson, Craig, 1976-

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  Jake Breaker, now a neurosurgeon, recounts his past when he and a small group of kids, under the leadership of his eccentric uncle, spend one summer investigating the validity of local ghost stories and macabre urban myths in 1980s Niagara Falls,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mistress of the Art of Death

  Franklin, Ariana

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  Sent to medieval Cambridge in order to exonerate Jewish prisoners with financial ties to King Henry II, University of Salerno medical examiner Adelia struggles to avoid being accused of witchcraft and discovers that the killer may be a former…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For Your Own Good

  Downing, Samantha

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  Samantha Downing teaches all the wrong lessons in her latest sneaky thriller about a calculating teacher in a privileged private school who knows he has the power to make or break your kid's future-- and he uses it.

• Hex

  Olde Heuvelt, Thomas, 1983-

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  "This Dutch horror novel was a huge hit in Europe and does clever things with the intersection of ancient evil and technology. The prose is rough in places, especially as the story gets up to speed, which could be owing to the translation. Yet once…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Starving Saints

  a Novel

  Starling, Caitlin

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  Queer Historical Horror. File under: Dark Fantasy, From Nun to Sorceress, Cannibalism.

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  "Jones (The Only Good Indians) expertly mixes the frightening and the funny in this no-holds-barred homage to classic horror tropes written under the heady influence of splatter films." -- Publishers Weekly

• Soon I Will Be Invincible

  Grossman, Austin, 1969-

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  Soon I Will Be Invincible is a thrilling first novel; a fantastical adventure that gives new meaning to the notions of power, glory, responsibility, and (of course) good and evil.

• Prepare to Die!

  Tobin, Paul, 1965-

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  "The deconstruction of superheroes has been accomplished before, but rarely has it been done with the vigor and affection of comics veteran Tobin in his nearly pitch-perfect superhero tale for grownups. " -- Publishers Weekly

• Hench

  a Novel

  Walschots, Natalie Zina, 1983-

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  "A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics. " --…Read moreRead more of this annotation