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Cujo
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Stephen King
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Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the
tragedy that ended their show - and discover the secret of its
enigmatic host - in this dark supernatural thriller from the No. 1
New York Times bestselling author of Hide. Thirty years after a
tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's
program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done
their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted
fans still cling to the lessons they learned from the show, the
cast, known as the Circle of Friends, have spent their lives
searching for the happiness they felt while they were on it. The
friendship. The feeling of belonging. And the protection of Mister
Magic. But with no surviving video of the show, no evidence of who
directed or produced it, and no records of who - or what - the
beloved host actually was, memories are all the former circle of
friends have. Then a twist of fate brings the castmates back
together at the remote desert filming compound that feels like it's
been waiting for them all this time. Even though they haven't seen
each other for years, they somehow understand one another better
than anyone has since. After all, they're the only ones who hold
the secret of that circle, the mystery of the magic man in his
infinitely black cape, and, maybe, the answers to what really
happened on that deadly last day. But as the Circle of Friends
reclaim parts of their past, they begin to wonder: Are they here by
choice, or have they been lured into a trap? Because magic never
forgets the taste of your friendship. . . .
From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes The
Secret of Cold Hill. The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on
Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been
razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of
ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories
of the house's history, and a new era has begun. Although much of
Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families
move into their new houses. For Jason and Emily Danes, this is
their forever home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell,
it's the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever
present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, Cold Hill Park appears
to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive and it's
only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are
not alone in their new homes. There is one thing that never appears
in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond
forty in Cold Hill House and no one has ever truly left . . .
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Heir
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Katee Robert
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. 'There are things in that wallpaper
that nobody knows about but me, or ever will' Hailed as one of the
most distinctive and compelling literary voices of her era,
Charlotte Perkins Gilman is praised today for her ground-breaking,
feminist writing. Collected here, both The Yellow Wallpaper and
Herland are extraordinary for scrutinising the patriarchal norms of
turn-of-the-century America. In The Yellow Wallpaper a woman
frantically paces the empty nursery at the top of a secluded
mansion. Her husband John, a physician, is of no comfort and she
can't bear to sit with the new baby as his crying makes her much
too nervous. And then there's the putrid, yellow wallpaper which
seems to shift and creep around the room before her very eyes...
Herland, first published in 1915, follows a group of three men as
they arrive in a female-only society. Peace and tranquillity thrive
in this utopian land, forcing the explorers to question how their
own corrupted, male-dominated world can survive.
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Necroscope
(Paperback)
Brian Lumley
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A TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK and AMAZON and KINDLE BESTSELLER!
'Fantastic. Excellent. Incredible. I could not put this one down
for the life of me.' Reader Review 'A stunner! Without a doubt, one
of the best crime novels of the year!' - No.1 international
bestseller Jeffery Deaver In search of a new life,
seventeen-year-old Adriana Clark's family moves to the ancient,
ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then
she goes missing. Faced with hostile locals and indifferent police,
her desperate parents turn to private investigator Sadie Levesque.
Sadie is the best at what she does. But when she finds Adriana's
body in a cliffside cave, a seaweed crown carefully arranged on her
head, she knows she's dealing with something she's never
encountered before. The deeper she digs into the island's secrets,
the closer danger creeps - and the more urgent her quest to find
the killer grows. Because what if Adriana is not the last girl to
die? Beautifully haunting with twists and turns you'll never see
coming, The Last Girl to Die is your next obsession waiting to
happen. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and L.J. Ross. 'Oh my
goodness, I absolutely and totally loved this book. Outstanding and
compelling, it gave me whiplash from all the twists and turns.' -
million-copy bestseller Angela Marsons 'An adroit and highly
atmospheric mystery.' - Times Crime Club 'Fields has a knack of
keeping you gripped for hours.' - The Sun 'Gloriously dark and
twisty.' - Fabulous Readers absolutely LOVE The Last Girl to Die!
'Fantastic. Excellent. Incredible. I could not put this one down
for the life of me.' 'What rollercoaster ride this was. I love it
when a book shocks me the way this did.' 'Breathtaking. Twists and
turns galore. I couldn't put it down, I loved it.' 'A tense,
twisty, phenomenal read!' 'Haunting. Breathtaking shocks,
unforeseen twists, and an emotionally shattering conclusion.'
'Twisty, unpredictable and kept me guessing the whole time.'
'Breathtakingly brilliant... The ending left me stunned.'
In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing
when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the
killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but
victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on,
what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington survived a massacre
twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life
since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she's been
meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a
support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their
lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women
misses a meeting and Lynnette's worst fears are realized-someone
knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart
again, piece by piece. But the thing about these final girls is
that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how
dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.
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Halloween Tales
(Hardcover)
Olivier Boiscommun, Denis Pierre Filippi
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This spooky - yet sensitive - trilogy reveals that, on Halloween,
it's always darkest before the dawn. In Halloween, immerse yourself
in the great book of the night. And if, at a street corner, you
meet a ghost, take a walk with him. You may just recognize him -
and if melancholy torments you - he could be the one to make you
smile again. Then, in The Story of Joe, a solitary boy finds refuge
with the creatures of the night. But consumed by his imagination,
he loses touch with reality and undergoes a strange
transformation... Finally, in The Book of Jack, braving a haunted
house, young Jack discovers a mysterious book, a book that tells
the story of his life. But what dark twists could others write into
the blank pages that remain? Follow these young characters in
stories that span from the dusk of childhood to the dawn of
adolescence, as they explore the darkness and light in us all.
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Frankenstein
(Paperback, Reissue)
Mary Shelley; Introduction by Siv Jansson; Notes by Siv Jansson; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled
and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley,
it is a story which she intended would 'curdle the blood and
quicken the beatings of the heart.' The tale is a superb blend of
science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven
by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with
alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead
remains. Once the creature becomes a living breathing articulate
entity, it turns on its maker and the novel darkens into tragedy.
The reader is very quickly swept along by the force of the elegant
prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multi-layered themes
in the novel. Although first published in 1818, Shelley's
masterpiece still maintains a strong grip on the imagination and
has been the inspiration for numerous horror movies, television and
stage adaptations.
"Thrilling . . . one of the best Stephen King novels not written by
the master himself. . . . The setup promises furious action, and
Percy delivers, like [Richard] Matheson, like King. . . An awfully
impressive literary performance."--New York Times Book Review
"Masterful crafting . . . a horror story for our
times."--Minneapolis Star Tribune The Dark Net is real. An
anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret far
reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies
and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now, an
ancient darkness is gathering there as well. This force is
threatening to spread virally into the real world unless it can be
stopped by members of a ragtag crew, including a twelve-year-old
who has been fitted with a high-tech visual prosthetic to combat
her blindness; a technophobic journalist; a one-time child
evangelist with an arsenal in his basement; and a hacker who
believes himself a soldier of the Internet. Set in present-day
Portland, The Dark Net is a cracked-mirror version of the digital
nightmare we already live in, a timely and wildly imaginative
techno-thriller about the evil that lurks in real and virtual
spaces, and the power of a united few to fight back. "This is
horror literature's bebop, bold, smart, confident in its capacity
to redefine its genre from the ground up. Read this book, but take
a firm grip on your hat before you start."--Peter Straub
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The
Immortal, the second dark and sexy book in her Rise of the Warlords
series, featuring a cold, merciless assassin and a stubborn harpy
warrior... one fated to die by the other's hand. Halo Phaninon,
assassin of gods, is as cold and merciless as a machine. For
victory, he crosses any line. When tasked to kill twelve of
mythology's fiercest monsters in twenty-four hours, Halo eagerly
accepts. Except, each morning he awakens to the same day, forced to
relive new horrors. Only one other person retains their memory--the
beauty who threatens his iron control. Ophelia the Flunk Out hates
her disaster of a life. She's the family disappointment, a harpy
warrior without a kill and powerless--or is she? Nearly every night
she's doomed to repeat her own murder, but each morning she arises
to spar with Halo, the ruthless warlord increasingly determined to
save her...and lure her to his bed. Halo's insatiable desire for
the stubborn Ophelia drives him wild...and he only craves more. If
he remains in the time loop, they stay together. But if he escapes,
they lose each other forever. Don't miss Ruthless, the second book
in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's captivating
and unforgettable Immortal Enemies series.
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You
(Paperback)
Austin Grossman
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"A razor-sharp comedy and a smart meditation on the nature of
gaming." --"Boston Globe"
When Russell joins Black Arts games, brainchild of two visionary
designers who were once his closest friends, he reunites with an
eccentric crew of nerds hacking the frontiers of both technology
and entertainment. In part, he's finally given up chasing the
conventional path that has always seemed just out of reach. But
mostly, he needs to know what happened to Simon, his strangest and
most gifted friend, who died under mysterious circumstances soon
after Black Arts' breakout hit.
As the company's revolutionary next-gen game is threatened by a
software glitch, Russell finds himself in a race to save his job,
Black Arts' legacy, and the people he has grown to care about. The
deeper Russell digs, the more dangerous the glitch appears--and
soon, Russell comes to realize there's much more is at stake than
just one software company's bottom line.
Three impossible crimes
Two unlikely detectives
One deadly voyage
It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being
transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is set to
face trial for a crime that no one dares speak of.
But no sooner is the ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the
voyage. Strange symbols appear on the sails. A figure stalks the decks.
Livestock are slaughtered. Passengers are plagued with ominous threats,
promising them three unholy miracles. First: an impossible pursuit.
Second: an impossible theft.
Then: an impossible murder.
With Pipps imprisoned in the depths of the ship, can his loyal
bodyguard, Arent Hayes solve the mystery before the ship descends into
anarchy?
A beguiling historical mystery from the award-winning author of the
dazzling The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
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