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Odd Thomas
by Dean Koontz
A young man with an unusual gift encounters an ancient evil, and must use his powers to save his town.
In the beginning of the book, Odd Thomas is silently approached by the ghost of a young girl brutally raped and murdered, and through his unique ability to understand the dead, is psychically led to ... (Wikipedia)
Winter Moon
by Dean Koontz
A former cop and a psychic team up to stop a serial killer who is terrorizing a small town during a snowy winter.
The story begins with a thirty-two-year-old Los Angeles police officer named Jack McGarvey. Jack is caught in a shootout at a gas station. He kills the gunman but is badly injured and spends months ... (Wikipedia)
The Darkest Evening of the Year
by Dean Koontz
A suspenseful tale of a man's journey to protect a child from a dark force.
With each of his #1 "New York Times" bestsellers, Dean Koontz has displayed an unparalleled ability to entertain and enlighten readers with novels that capture the essence of our times even as they ... (Goodreads)
The Dead Zone
by Stephen King
A man awakens from a coma with supernatural powers, and must grapple with the consequences.
As a child in 1953, Johnny Smith falls unconscious while ice-skating, then mumbles a prophetic warning to an adult who later suffers an accident. In an unconnected incident, a young, emotionally ... (Wikipedia)
The Servants of Twilight
by Leigh Nichols
A mother and her son are stalked by a religious cult convinced the child is the Antichrist. A thrilling horror novel.
Single parent Christine Scavello and her young son Joey are confronted in a mall parking lot by a madwoman who claims that Joey is the Antichrist . After a distressing attack on the family home ... (Wikipedia)
The Door to December
by Richard Paige
A mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped and subjected to a sinister experiment that altered her mind.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a truly suspenseful novel of a mother who must save her daughter from a threat she can hardly understand. What happened to nine-year-old Melanie ... (Goodreads)
Kiss the Girls
by James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross races against time to stop a serial killer from abducting more victims.
As a teenage boy in 1975 Boca Raton , Florida , a future serial killer calling himself Casanova kills his first four victims. Elsewhere in 1981 Chapel Hill , North Carolina , another killer calling ... (Wikipedia)
Petals on the Wind
by V.C. Andrews
The Dollanganger siblings struggle to overcome their traumatic past, but their secrets and desires threaten to tear them apart.
They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terror! For Carrie, Chris and Cathy, the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds, even ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A collection of stories following the adventures of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.
Eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious, Sherlock Holmes remains the world's most popular and influential fictional detective. In four novels and fifty-six short stories, Holmes with his trusted friend ... (Goodreads)
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
A Martian invasion of Earth, exploring the limits of human resilience.
The narrative opens by stating that as humans on Earth busied themselves with their own endeavours during the mid-1890s, aliens on Mars began plotting an invasion of Earth because their own resources ... (Wikipedia)
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
A thrilling adventure of crime, mystery, and romance as Stephanie Plum takes on her toughest case yet.
Stephanie Plum apprehends Loretta Rizzi for failure to appear in court, but Loretta, who is a distant cousin of Stephanie's policeman boyfriend, Joe Morelli, agrees to go along only if Stephanie will ... (Wikipedia)
The Lake House
by James Patterson
Story of a woman's search for love and redemption, set against a backdrop of suspense and mystery.
The Lake House tells the story of six extraordinary children, endowed with the power to fly after genetic engineering merged their DNA with that of birds, and who have to fight for their lives ... (Wikipedia)
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.
The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)
If There Be Thorns
by V.C. Andrews
A family drama exploring the dark corners of love, secrets, and forbidden passion.
The book is narrated by two half-brothers , Jory and Bart Sheffield. Jory is a handsome, talented fourteen-year-old boy who wants to follow his mother Cathy in her career in the ballet , while ... (Wikipedia)
Gerald's Game
by Stephen King
An innocent game between a married couple turns into a fight for survival.
Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald, a successful and aggressive lawyer, travel to their secluded lakehouse in western Maine for an unplanned romantic getaway. The titular "game" involves ... (Wikipedia)
Everything's Eventual
by Stephen King
A collection of short stories exploring the darker themes of life.
The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, Everything's Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four ... (Goodreads)
The Street Lawyer
by John Grisham
A successful lawyer's life changes when he is held hostage by a homeless man. He becomes a street lawyer, fighting for justice for the underprivileged.
A homeless man, identifying himself only as "Mister," enters the offices of the powerful Washington D.C. law firm Drake & Sweeney and takes many of the lawyers hostage while angrily demanding ... (Wikipedia)
School's Out—Forever
by James Patterson
Max and her friends escape from a sinister school and uncover a dangerous conspiracy. They must fight to survive and expose the truth.
After the events of, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, , the prior book, the Flock is headed toward Washington, D.C., where they hope to find the answers to their origins. However, after Fang is ... (Wikipedia)
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
A retired rock star's haunted purchase leads to a terrifying confrontation with death.
Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre – his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used ... (Goodreads)
The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly
Defense attorney Mickey Haller inherits a high-profile murder case from a colleague, but soon realizes he may be in over his head.
Since the events of the previous novel, attorney Mickey Haller has spent a year recuperating from his wounds and a subsequent addiction to painkillers. He is called back to the practice of law when ... (Wikipedia)
Xenocide
by Orson Scott Card
A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)
Sphere
by Michael Crichton
A group of scientists investigate a mysterious spacecraft at the bottom of the ocean.
A group of scientists ( psychologist Norman Johnson; mathematician Harry Adams; zoologist Beth Halpern; astrophysicist Ted Fielding; and marine biologist Arthur Levine), along with U.S. Navy ... (Wikipedia)
Definitely Dead
by Charlaine Harris
A murder mystery featuring a telepathic waitress who must track down the killer before it's too late.
After surviving a Were attack while attending a play in Shreveport with her new boyfriend John Quinn, Sookie Stackhouse goes to New Orleans to sort out the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a vampire who ... (Wikipedia)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
by Nancy E. Turner
A young woman's struggle for independence, chronicles her journey through the American Southwest.
“Belongs on your must-read list. This novel is a gem.” — Omaha World-Herald Nancy E. Turner's unforgettable, These Is My Words, melds the sweeping adventures and dramatic landscapes of, Lonesome ... (Barnes & Noble)
I Am Legend and Other Stories
by Richard Matheson
A collection of sci-fi horror stories exploring themes of isolation, fear and the unknown.
Robert Neville appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has killed most of the human population and turned the remainder into " vampires " that largely conform to their stereotypes in ... (Wikipedia)
The Lost Years
by Mary Higgins Clark
A woman searches for her missing son, uncovering secrets and danger along the way.
Now in mass market, the latest suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author and Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark, where a biblical scholar is found murdered shortly after discovering the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Therapy
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates a murder and uncovers dark secrets in the patient's past.
Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delaware’s new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on ... (Goodreads)
You Don't Own Me
by Mary Higgins Clark
A young woman inherits a vast fortune from her father, but soon realizes that someone is trying to kill her to get their hands on the money.
The “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are here with their fifth enthralling mystery in the, New York Times, bestselling Under Suspicion series as television producer Laurie ... (Barnes & Noble)
Black Cross
by Greg Iles
A WWII thriller about a young American pilot who uncovers a sinister plot involving the Nazi regime and the Vatican.
It is January 1944 — and as Allied troops prepare for D-day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly ... (Goodreads)
The God Project
by John Saul
A geneticist creates a serum that can enhance intelligence, but it has deadly side effects. A thrilling tale of science gone wrong.
Something is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts. Something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest ... (Goodreads)
