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Those Who Return: The utterly compelling and haunting psychological thriller you won’t be able to put down
by Kassandra Montag'Sensational and deeply addictive' Karin Slaughter'Fresh and atmospheric . . . haunting' Anna Bailey'A pitch-perfect psychological thriller' Peter PapathanasiouAmid the desolate wilderness of the Great Plains of Nebraska, a region so isolated you could drive for hours without seeing another human being, sits Hatchery House. Having served as a church, an asylum and an orphanage, Hatchery is now a treatment facility for orphaned or abandoned children with psychiatric disorders. Haunted by patients past and present, only the most vulnerable find a home within its walls.Dr. Lorelei 'Lore' Webber, a former FBI psychiatrist, has almost grown used to the unorthodox methods used at Hatchery House. But when one of her patients is murdered, Lore finds herself dragged into the centre of an investigation that unearths startling truths, shocking discoveries, and untold cruelty. And as the investigation unravels, Lore is forced to confront the past she's spent her whole life running from - a secret that threatens to undo her entirely.Darkly riveting and explosive, and with an unforgettable cast of deeply human characters, Those Who Return is a searing psychological thriller of guilt and redemption, set against a landscape as awe-inspiring as it is unforgiving.
Three Complete Novels: Strangers, The Voice of the Night, The Mask
by Dean KoontzThree Dean koontz novels: Strangers-The voice of the night-The mask
Three Days to Dead
by Kelly MedingA debut author delivers a very dark and sexy entry into the popular paranormal romance genre.
Three Faces of Me
by R. L. StineIra Fishman is having a bad day. First, he wins a lame prize that looks like a camera. When he presses the green button on top, nothing happens. Later, he is shocked to find a boy in his room -- an exact double of himself! When he can't get the new boy to leave, Ira decides to have some fun. He sends Ira number two to school in his place. Not a good idea. The clone is ruining Ira's life. And now a second clone appears. Ira's room is getting crowded. How can he get rid of himself?
Three Ghost Stories
by Charles DickensThis compilation of short stories by Charles Dickens includes: "The Signal-Man", "The Haunted House", and "The Trail for Murder".
Three Ghost Stories: Large Print
by Charles DickensA bone-chilling trio of supernatural tales by fiction master Charles Dickens In "The Haunted House," a new homeowner discovers he is sharing his bed with the skeleton of the house's former master. In "The Trial for Murder," a revengeful ghost haunts a juror serving at his killer's trial. In "The Signal-Man," an apparition warns a man of impending disaster. These strange and frightening occurrences unfold in grim and gripping detail in this collection of 3 Victorian ghost stories that puts Charles Dickens's first-rate storytelling on display. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Three Gothic Novels
by E. F. BleilerOne of the most interesting phenomena in the history of literature, the Gothic novel -- which flourished from about 1765 to 1825 -- still has much to offer to the modern reader. Supernatural thrills, adventure and suspense, colorful settings, and, in the better examples, literary quality are all present. Unfortunately, true Gothic novels (not simply modern detective stories called "Gothic") are extremely rare books, and have never been as available as they should be.The first member in this collection, Horace Walpole's TheCastle of Otranto, published as a Christmas book for 1764, was the first and one of the greatest members of the genre. It has also been one of the most influential books in history. It motivated the Gothic revival in the arts, and it probably did more to usher in the early-19th-century Romanticism than any other single work. It also served as the model in plot, characterizations, settings, and tone for hundreds, perhaps thousands of successors.Vathek, by the eccentric British millionaire William Beckford, is generally considered to be the high point of the Oriental tale in English literature. Certainly no one has ever written (in any European tongue) a story which better unifies the stirrings of Gothic romanticism with the color, poetry, and vivacity of the original Arabian Nights.The third novel in this collection, John Polidor's Vampyre, emerged from the same soirées of ghost-story telling in Geneva that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The first full-length vampire story in English, it initiated a very important literary chain that also leads up to the present. Included with Polidori's novel is Lord Byron's little-known Fragment, from which Polidori (who was Byron's physician in Switzerland) plagiarized his plot.These three novels (and the fragment) are still well worth reading. Generations of readers have found thrills and horrors in Walpole's fine work, while Vathek cannot be excelled in its unusual mixture of the bizarre, cruel irony, and masterful narration. Polidori's thriller still conveys chills, and the Fragment makes us all wish that Byron had completed his novel.
Three Gothic Novels
by Horace Walpole William Beckford Mary ShelleyThe Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.
Three Hearts and Three Lions
by Poul AndersonA World War II freedom fighter is transported to a medieval realm of magic and myth to undertake a great but perilous quest in this classic fantasy adventure Holger Carlsen is a rational man of science. A Danish engineer working with the Resistance to defeat the Nazis, he's wounded during an engagement with the enemy and awakens in an unfamiliar parallel universe where the forces of Law are locked in eternal combat with the forces of Chaos. Against a medieval backdrop, brave knights must take up arms against magical creatures of myth and faerie, battling dragons, trolls, werewolves, and giants. Though Holger has no recollection of this world, he discovers he's already well-known throughout the lands, a hero revered as a Champion of Law. He finds weaponry and armor awaiting him--precisely fitted to his form--and a shield with three hearts and three lions emblazoned upon it. As he journeys through a realm filled with wonders in search of the key to his past, Holger will call upon the scientific knowledge of his home dimension--the destinies of both worlds hanging in the balance. Before Thomas Covenant, Roger Zelazny's Amber, and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great Poul Anderson introduced readers to the Middle World and the legendary hero Ogier the Dane. Inventive and exciting, Three Hearts and Three Lions is a foray into fantasy that employs touches of science fiction from an award-winning master of the speculative.
Three John Silence Stories
by Algernon BlackwoodA Psychical Invasion, Ancient Sorceries, The Nemesis of Fire
Three Miles Past: Stories
by Stephen Graham JonesFrom the New York Times–bestselling author of the Indian Lake trilogy: Three stories that uncover what&’s lurking just beyond your headlights . . . Take a road trip into your darkest nightmares with three stories from the modern master of horror and &“one of the best writers working today&” (NPR). Here, Bram Stoker Award–winning author Stephen Graham Jones gives evil an all-too-familiar face, whether it&’s the man from the dog shelter, a colleague at a work convention, or even just your phone. Horror can reach you everywhere and when you least expect it . . . In &“Interstate Love Affair,&” a serial killer&’s unique way of disposing of his victims&’ bodies gives roadkill an even more gruesome meaning. &“No Takebacks&” tracks how an app goes from an idea to coding to letting loose its creator&’s darkest impulses. And there&’s nowhere to hide during &“The Coming of Night,&” when a predator&’s latest kill sets off a creepy-crawly timebomb inside of him. Buckle up for page-turning scares from &“a genuine horror superstar&” (Esquire).
Three More John Silence Stories
by Algernon BlackwoodSecret Worship, The Camp of the Dog, A Victim of Higher Space
Three Novels of Creeping Terror: The Night Boat, Baal, and Bethany's Sin
by Robert McCammonThree novels of creeping horror from the New York Times–bestselling author who &“delivers terror with skillful ferocity&” (Publishers Weekly). This collection from the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award–winning author of the Matthew Corbett novels includes:The Night Boat A scuba diver discovers a sunken Nazi U-boat. He dislodges it by detonating an unexploded depth charge, but back on the surface, he hears a strange sound from within the hull. So he opens the long-closed hatch—and learns that some things are better left buried.Baal Born of a violent assault, a boy winds up in an orphanage. There he renames himself Baal and hones sinister powers that will one day be unleashed upon the world . . .Bethany&’s Sin The Reid family is happy to move into the pleasantly quaint small town known as Bethany&’s Sin—until they learn about the secretive cult that holds sway over the community . . . &“A true master of the Gothic novel.&” —Booklist
Three Quarters Dead
by Richard PeckKerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: We're all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there. Exhilarating, terrifying suspense is crossed with a thought-provoking examination of peer pressure in Richard Peck's return to his contemporary teen- and ghost-story roots. This is a master author's gift to the Gossip Girl/Twilight generation: his own smart, stylish, and fun take on the paranormal. .
Three Souls: A Novel
by Janie ChangAn absorbing novel of romance and revolution, loyalty and family, sacrifice and undying loveWe have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this....So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls—stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun—who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.As Leiyin delves back in time with the three souls to review her life, she sees the spoiled and privileged teenager she once was, a girl who is concerned with her own desires while China is fractured by civil war and social upheaval. At a party, she meets Hanchin, a captivating left-wing poet and translator, and instantly falls in love with him.When Leiyin defies her father to pursue Hanchin, she learns the harsh truth—that she is powerless over her fate. Her punishment for disobedience leads to exile, an unwanted marriage, a pregnancy, and, ultimately, her death. And when she discovers what she must do to be released from limbo into the afterlife, Leiyin realizes that the time for making amends is shorter than she thought.Suffused with history and literature, Three Souls is an epic tale of revenge and betrayal, forbidden love, and the price we are willing to pay for freedom.
Three Streets (Storybook ND Series #0)
by Yoko TawadaYoko Tawada—winner of the National Book Award—presents three terrific new ghost stories, each named after a street in Berlin The always astonishing Yoko Tawada here takes a walk on the supernatural side of the street. In "Kollwitzstrasse," as the narrator muses on former East Berlin's new bourgeois health food stores, so popular with wealthy young people, a ghost boy begs her to buy him the old-fashioned sweets he craves. She worries that sugar's still sugar—but why lecture him, since he's already dead? Then white feathers fall from her head and she seems to be turning into a crane . . . Pure white kittens and a great Russian poet haunt "Majakowskiring": the narrator who reveres Mayakovsky's work is delighted to meet his ghost. And finally, in "Pushkin Allee," a huge Soviet-era memorial of soldiers comes to life—and, "for a scene of carnage everything was awfully well-ordered." Each of these stories opens up into new dimensions the work of this magisterial writer.
Three Symbols of Power: Full Version
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaII century A. D. Young Himiko – the Golden-faced lady (a golden mask hides her face) who inherited three sacred symbols of power of the Great Goddess of the Sun governs the country of Yamatai. She intends to strengthen the state borders in order to counteract the attacks of wild tribes. For this, she goes incognito overseas, in the country of Han. Himiko leaves her double, a woman from the legendary Heavenly clan, instead of herself on the throne. Himiko intends to acquire “the fire powder”. Having boarded a trading ship, the Golden-faced governess could not even imagine that her journey, at first sight innocent, would be full of dangers, and her life would be subject to risk. II century A. D. Young Himiko – the Golden-faced lady (a golden mask hides her face) who inherited three sacred symbols of power of the Great Goddess of the Sun governs the country of Yamatai. She intends to strengthen the state borders in order to counteract the attacks of wild tribes. For this, she goes incognito overseas, in the country of Han. Himiko leaves her double, a woman from the legendary Heavenly clan, instead of herself on the throne. Himiko intends to acquire “the fire powder”. Having boarded a trading ship, the Golden-faced governess could not even imagine that her journey, at first sight innocent, would be full of dangers, and her life would be subject to risk.
Three Witches
by Paula JolinThree seemingly ordinary girls, studying together in the same ordinary American high school, are from three different cultures. Each has a reason to summon a boy back from the dead after his car goes over a cliff. But should they?
Threshold (A Chance Matthews Novel)
by Caitlin R. KiernanChance Matthews has suffered enough tragedies. The latest-her grandfather's death-has left her shaken, convinced that she will always be alone. What she needs now is time-time to recover, time to determine what her future will be.<P><P> What she doesn't need is a strange girl with alabaster skin who knows things about Chance she can't possibly know. This girl speaks of being charged by an angel to battle monsters and claims she cannot do it alone. She says she needs Chance's help. Chance doesn't believe in angels. Or monsters. But among the artifacts left by her geologist grandparents, there lies a fossil of a creature that couldn't possibly have ever existed.But it did.And still does...
Thrift Store Puzzles
by John BodenKen Allenwood is a man being devoured, from the inside out, one memory at a time. A once famed horror writer who now spends his days in an elder care facility waiting for the breath that will be his last and hoping he'll retain at least some memories from his long and unusual life. Ken is over 130 years old...or is he? Has the unraveling fabric of his mind tangled with the threads of his fictive endeavors? Elijah is a boy who adores all things spooky, a boy who spends the bulk of his time alone, his single mother juggling jobs to keep a roof overhead and food in their bellies. Eli occupies his days, hanging out at the home across the street with his uncle/pal, Tierny, one of Mr. Allenwood's many carers as well as Allenwood himself. Afternoons filled with cheesy scary movies and the old man's recollective stories (while he is still able to tell them). Then a change comes to the little town on Cordry. The killings are vicious and devoid of pattern, almost. When Elijah tells Ken about them, the old man grows fearful and decides to use his unreliable windows of focus to help his friends figure out what is going on and who or what is behind the murders. A monster has come to roost in their midst. A creature that craves blood and possibly much more, inheritance of a sort, acknowledgment. A monster from the very dark recesses of Allenwood's mind, a horror very old and very bitter. The things we create have a tenacity, a stubborn strength and a very vicious bite. And no debt glares harder than one owed the heart.
Thrilled to Death Volume One: Hunter, Cain, and Leviathan (Thrilled to Death)
by James Byron HugginsWhen man plays god, evil follows in these three sci-fi fantasy thrillers by the international bestselling author whose &“pacing is nonstop&” (Publishers Weekly, on Hunter). Hunter Scientists have accidentally tapped into the deepest recesses of the human mind—and unleash a terrifying force. Now, with an infected creature is loose in the Alaskan wilderness, the America military asks expert tracker Nathaniel Hunter to locate the beast before it destroys mankind. Cain A top-secret project brings CIA hit man Roth Tiberius Cain back to life as the ultimate predator. But this killing machine has the soul of a devil. Now the only chance of stopping him rests with a soldier who lost his family, a priest who lost his faith, and the beautiful scientist who created Cain and then lost control of him. Leviathan On an Icelandic Island, an illegal biological weapons experiment has transformed an innocent creature into the biblical Leviathan that once terrorized the world. Escaped from its pen, Leviathan is loose in a vast underground chamber—and if it reaches the surface, it could destroy the world. And a lone electrical engineer must find a way to save his family and kill this powerful Beast of Legend.
Thriller Night (Witches of Peculiar #2)
by Luna GravesTwin witch sisters Bella and Donna must keep their magic under control when they go to a human dance in this second book in a new middle grade series that&’s Wizards of Waverly Place meets Halloweentown.When the students of Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. are invited to attend the Peculiar Public School fall dance, Bella and Dee Maleficent are excited to attend a human function with their friends. The only problem is that the Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. students will need to be on their best behavior—and refrain from performing any magic or other acts of the supernatural around the humans. Which could be a problem for our twin witches who don&’t quite have a handle on their magic yet…
Throne of Fools: The Omaran Saga (Omaran Saga #2)
by Adrian ColeThe rise of a dangerous sorcerer threatens the fate of humanity in the second grimdark Omaran Saga novel, following A Place Among the Fallen. The wicked city of Xennidhum has fallen—and now Simon Wargallow believes his world is saved. But a new evil has risen to threaten the beleaguered land of mystery and miracle. For out of the wastes of ice comes dire news of a powerful sorcerer king who will unleash the forces of chaos on the unstable empire. And one man, the son Omara&’s doomed lord, must shed his disguise and regain his rightful throne before humanity&’s final cry. Don&’t miss the entire quartet: A Place Among the Fallen, Throne of Fools, The King of Light and Shadows, and The Gods in Anger. &“Remarkably fine fantasy . . . Adrian Cole has a magic touch.&” —Roger Zelazny
Throne of Secrets (A Prince of Sin)
by Kerri ManiscalcoA sinful prince. A determined reporter. A dangerous rivalry.Gabriel Axton -the Prince of Gluttony, self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when a hunt takes a deadly turn, he realizes something is very wrong in his demon court. With the clock ticking, he must turn to the one person who can uncover the truth: a journalist he has spent a decade avoiding . . .Adriana Saint Lucent has been on the hunt for years - if she could just report something damning about Gabriel Axton, she knows others would finally see the no-good demon as she does. But she never expected to turn up a rumour too terrifying to be believed. And soon Adriana's investigation leads her to the place she dreads most . . . Axton's infamous court.To stop darkness from falling over their kingdom, Axton and Adriana will have to unite against an escalating danger. But with each holding tight to their own secrets, can they find the truth before it's too late? And what will they do with an equally troubling rumour: that they might not hate one another, after all?