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mystery
Dead of Winter
Darcy Coates • 2023
USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTION<br/>Eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.<br/>"A fast-paced thriller aimed at readers who enjoy a hunt." ―Kirkus Reviews<br/>Christa has always been anxious but, at this moment, life seems oh so hopeful with her hand in Kiernan's as the tour bus climbs a narrow road up the side of the Rockies. Blue skies turn bitterly cold mid-afternoon as a blizzard pushes the group of 8 strangers out of their bus and to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin.<br/>Deep in the night, their tour guide goes missing…only to be discovered the following morning, his severed head impaled on a large pine tree outside the cabin. Eight drops to seven and it becomes clear that someone in the group is killing for sport.<br/>"The plot is squarely in the tradition of locked-room mysteries...Coates is also a horror author, and there's a good dollop of that genre woven through this novel of high suspense. Keep a cat or two on your lap when reading this one." ―First Clue
Last Thing She Told Me
Linda Green • 2018
Some Secrets Have The Power To Tear A Family Apart . . . Moments Before She Dies, Nicola's Grandmother Betty Whispers To Her That There Are Babies At The Bottom Of The Garden. Nicola Reassures Her That It Is Two Statues Of Fairies She Has In The Garden, But Betty Insists There Are Babies. Nicola's Mother Irene Claims Betty Was Talking Nonsense, But Nicola Is Not So Sure. And When, After The Funeral, Her Daughter Maisie Finds A Bone While Playing By The Fairy Statues, Nicola Knows That Something Sinister Has Taken Place. But Will Unearthing Painful Family Secrets End Up Tearing Nicola's Family Apart?
Hunted
Darcy Coates • 2018
She only went off the trail for a moment...<br/><br/>22-year-old Eileen goes missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance.<br/><br/>Chris wants to believe Eileen is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray further from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount, they begin to believe they’re not alone in the forest… and that Eileen’s disappearance wasn’t an accident.<br/><br/>By that point, it’s too late to escape.
supernatural
The Haunting of Ashburn House
Darcy Coates • 2020
From USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes a haunting story of intrigue, misery, and fear. There's something wrong with Ashburn House...<br/>Everyone knows about Ashburn House. They whisper its old owner went mad, and restless ghosts still walk the halls. They say it's the dwelling place of something cruel and sinister. But when Adrienne―desperate and in need of a place to stay―inherits the crumbling old mansion, she only sees it as a lifeline... until darkness falls.<br/>Strange messages are etched into the walls. Furniture moves when she leaves the room. There's something here―something powerful, angry, and hell-bent on shaking things up. Worse, a grave hidden in the depths of the forest hints at a terrible, unforgivable secret. Eventually Adrienne can't ignore that a twisted thing lives in the house, its hungry eyes ever-watchful. Chasing the threads of a decades-old mystery, it isn't long before she realizes she's become prey to something deeply unnatural and intensely resentful.<br/>She has no idea how to escape. She has no idea how to survive. Only one thing is certain: Ashburn's dead are not at rest.<br/>Horror novels also by Darcy Coates:<br/>The Haunting of Ashburn House<br/>The Haunting of Blackwood House<br/>Craven Manor<br/>The House Next Door<br/>Voices in the Snow
The Haunting of Gillespie House
Darcy Coates • 2015
From USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes a haunting story of dread and a lingering poison inside Gillespie House<br/>Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive from the nearest town, the aging mansion is ideal for someone seeking solitude. But as she explores her new home, Elle makes a startling discovery: there's a graveyard nestled deep in the woods, containing a generation of the house's residents...all who died the same year.<br/>Then things start to go very wrong, very quickly.<br/>There are skittering noises inside the walls...slamming doors...whispers in the night...a locked room...and a horrifying mystery that wants to be solved. As she investigates further, Elle begins to unravel the property's dark and dangerous history. At its center is Jonathan Gillespie, a tyrannical cult leader and the house's original owner. And as Elle soon learns...<br/>Just because he's dead, doesn't mean he's gone.<br/>Horror novels also by Darcy Coates:<br/>The Haunting of Ashburn House<br/>Voices in the Snow<br/>Carrow Haunt<br/>Craven Manor<br/>House of Shadows
The House Next Door
Darcy Coates • 2020
USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates returns with a ghost story that will haunt you long after the final page. No one stays here for long...<br/>A terrifying piece of haunted house fiction, The House Next Door is: For people who love scary books and a ghost story Perfect for fans of Michael Richan and Apryl Baker For readers of Simone St. James books like The Sundown Motel<br/><br/>Josephine began to suspect something was wrong with the crumbling gothic monstrosity next door when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back. No family stays at Marwick House for long. No life lingers beyond its blackened windows. No voices drift from its ancient halls. Once, Josephine swore she saw a woman's silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that's impossible. No one had been there in a long, long time.<br/>But now someone new has moved next door, and Marwick House is slowly waking up. Torn between staying away and warning the new tenant, Josephine only knows that if she isn't careful, she may be its next victim...<br/>More Gothic Horror Novels By Darcy Coates: The Haunting of Ashburn House The Haunting of Blackwood House Craven Manor The Carrow Haunt Voices in the Snow
The Carrow Haunt
Darcy Coates • 2018
The Folcroft Ghosts
Darcy Coates • 2017
Craven Manor
Darcy Coates • 2017
gothic novels
House of Secrets (House of Shadows, 2)
Darcy Coates • 2020
USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates returns with the second gothic mystery in the Ghosts and Shadows Series.<br/>She'll never survive these secrets… For readers who love gothic horror novels and gothic romance Perfect for fans of V.C Andrews and M.C. Webb<br/>Sophie and Joseph Argenton have survived the impossible this house of ghosts… for now. But their escape from Northwood is short-lived. The sinister shadow that haunted their ancestral home survived, and has attached itself to Joseph's young cousin. Desperate, they travel to meet her father at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion overlooking a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that now possesses Elise. There's a chance that here they will find a way to kill the creature without harming the girl.<br/>But Kensington has its own dangers, and once it has Sophie and Joseph within its grasp, it may never let them leave.<br/>Trapped inside the ancient building's collapsing walls, Sophie and Joseph are forced to confront the horrors that hide within. Shrouded figures stalk them from the shadows. Whispers echo through the night. Unmarked graves dot the property. And the dead are not as restful as they seem…<br/>Also By Darcy Coates:<br/>The Haunting of Ashburn House<br/>The Haunting of Blackwood House<br/>Craven Manor<br/>The House Next Door<br/>Voices in the Snow
House of Shadows (House of Shadows, 1)
Darcy Coates • 2020
psychological thriller
An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena • 2019
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family “A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.” –Good Housekeeping “Another nail-biter perfect for an all-nighter.” –Entertainment Weekly A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting away It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in and try to make the best of it. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead--it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm--and one another.
suspense thiller
Someone We Know
Shari Lapena • 2019
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<br/><br/>USA Today's top 100 books to read while stuck at home social distancing<br/><br/>"No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena--this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end."<br/>--Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10<br/><br/>The new domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, and An Unwanted Guest, Shari Lapena<br/><br/>Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . .<br/><br/>"This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out."<br/><br/>In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too.<br/><br/>Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets?<br/><br/>In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . .<br/><br/>You never really know what people are capable of.
