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Later by Stephen KingWhat it is: a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears. What happens: Jamie Conklin, a boy born with an unnatural ability to see and learn things no one else can, is enlisted to help an NYPD detective pursue a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
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The lost village by Camilla StenWhat it's about: obsessed with the vanishing residents of an old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt and her crew set up camp and are soon plagued by strange events. Why you'll like it: mysterious things begin to happen-equipment is destroyed, and people go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear: They are not alone. They’re looking for the truth…But what if it finds them first?
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Rafael by Laurell K. HamiltonFeaturing: vampire hunter Anita Blake and her friend and lover, Rafael, the king of the Dark Crown Clan and leader of the St. Louis wererats. What happens: when Rafael is challenged to a fight to the death for the throne of the wererat community, Anita is bound to stand by his side—and the outcome could drastically alter the balance of supernatural power in America. Series alert: This is the 28th installment in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.
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The boy who drew monsters : a novel by Keith DonohueWhat it is: a hypnotic literary horror novel about a young boy trapped inside his own world, whose drawings blur the lines between fantasy and reality. A perfectly creepy read for a dark night. What happens: developing agoraphobia after a near-drowning incident, a 10-year-old boy draws increasingly disturbing pictures of monsters while his parents search for answers about strange noises coming from the nearby ocean at night.
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein. Book one, Prodigal son : a novel by Dean R. KoontzWhat it's about: in a reworking of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel, Detective Carson O'Connor and her partner, Michael Maddison, are confronted by a serial killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Read it for: every city has its secrets; he is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who has traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. Series alert: this is the first novel in the series Frankenstein.
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Thunderhead by Douglas J. PrestonWhat it's about: sixteen years after her father's disappearance, archaeologist Nora Kelly follows in his footsteps, guided by an enigmatic letter, as she embarks on an expedition into the remote canyon country of Utah to search for Quivira, the fabled Lost City of Gold. Read it for: she will find the answer to both her greatest hopes and her deepest nightmare; for hidden in the shadows of the sunbaked cliffs are untold treasures, the solution to the greatest riddle of American archaeology - and implacable, suffocating death.
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77 Shadow Street : a novel by Dean R. KoontzWhat it is: the affluent occupants of luxury apartments, housed in a 200-year-old mansion with a checkered past, enter into a terrifying waking nightmare when the haunted house reawakens, leaving no one safe from its grip. Read it for: inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, and elevators plunge into unknown depths.
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The abominable : a novel by Dan SimmonsFeaturing: four climbers travel to Mount Everest in 1924 in an attempt to recover the body of a missing adventurer but find themselves being pursued by someone or something. What happens: this nightmare becomes a matter of life and death at 28,000 feet . And what is the truth behind the disappearances on Everest? As they fight their way to the top of the world, the friends uncover a secret far more abominable than any mythical creature could ever be.
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