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Winner of the International Book Awards for Best Short Story Collection, The Gothic Shift is a beguiling collection of the macabre and supernatural from best-seller Brian David Bruns.

Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her past. Now 87 years old and a widow, she is still haunted by secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she's presided over for a decade, though she's never written a word herself. When a new member walks in - a 15-year-old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister, Sarah - Mary is certain fate delivered Elyse Strickler to her for a reason.

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins was a smash hit when it was published in 2015 by Penguin Books. A narrator describes a burial site by train tracks, marked with only a tiny pile of stones. The narrator states there isn't much to mark the grave, but they didn't want to leave it without remembrance. An unnamed narrator. They are losing consciousness, confused. The listener assumes they are dying.

In a dark room, aboard a large cargo ship, a man sits shackled in place. As time passes his situation grows far more desperate. Unbeknownst to him, his partner Olivia Knight has traveled across the Atlantic to a small coastal town.

Less than twenty-four hours after yet another near-death experience, forensic and criminal psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent should be resting and recovering, not back at work. But she has no choice. Her best friend, Special Agent Winter Black, is missing. So is Winter’s baby brother, Justin...a brutal serial killer.

Hannah Josephson had always been the “perfect” daughter. Kiera couldn’t live up to her before, and she certainly can’t now that her older sister has died in a car accident. But the image she carried resentfully of Hannah is challenged when she finds her dead sister’s diary and begins to read.

Renowned archaeologist Richard Mathis is half a world away on the island of Crete when he learns his daughter, Bella, has gone missing. Within 20 minutes, he’s on his way back to the States. Two days later, he’s dead. Richard’s young assistant, Angela Chase, is devastated by the loss of the man who had become both mentor and friend, and she’s determined to find the missing girl, who seems to have made dangerous connections - and whose lonely childhood so resembles Angela’s own.

The second in this hilarious cozy mystery series features a woman who is a talent agent for showbiz animals and discovers that she has a talent herself: solving crimes. Kay Powell, theatrical agent to non-human animals, is babysitting - that is, birdsitting - her client, a parrot named Barney, on the set of his new TV show, Dead City. When the show’s charismatic star is shot in his trailer between scenes, the only eyewitness to the crime is - you guessed it - Barney.

Since first grade, you're bombarded with facts, formulas, historical events, and long, long books that you should learn from. But in some, paradoxical, bizarre way, no one has ever stopped and thought about the funny, overlooked fact: No one has ever showed you how to study effectively. Can't see the forest for the trees! In this important book, you will get the most comprehensive methods for studying and learning, insanely increasing your grades and saving tons of time banging your head against the wall, trying to study complicated, new things.

I have debts to pay and secrets to keep. When someone threatens my life, I crash into him: Jackson Ludlow. The reclusive billionaire of New York. Once, he had everything a man could want. Then, he lost the only thing that he ever loved. So, he spent four years holed up in his mansion doing the only thing he knew how to do: make money. We are all wrong for each other. He’s cold, uninterested, and demanding. I’m impatient and inexperienced. The only thing we have in common is that we both have secrets. And the closer we get, the more they threaten to destroy us.

Back-to-school brings an exciting new challenge for Kristy. She's been selected to be a teacher for a week! Team-teaching a gym class with her arch rival, Cary Retlin, Kristy learns a few lessons she never knew she needed.

You might already know that the ketogenic diet has tremendous proven benefits. Previous research published about clinical cardiology shows beneficial effects of a long-term ketogenic diet. It significantly reduced the body weight and body mass index of the patients. Besides, you might also have heard about the trending and very effective intermittent-fasting approach. But what if you combine both diets to get both potential health benefits and increase your weight-loss potential?

It's been three years since Esa joined the ranks of the Justified after her rescue from the fanatical murderers the Pax. Together, Esa and her mentor Kamali travel from planet to planet, searching for children with supernatural abilities. It's hard work, but Esa has never felt more assured of her place in the universe. On a visit to a planet so remote that its inhabitants never learned that the Sect Wars ended over a hundred years ago, they learn that the Justified are not the only people searching for gifted children. 

Kitty's life has been lonely and dangerous. For 20 years, she has searched for her family in vain. Battling drones and her looming sense of solitude, Kitty finally stumbles upon the last human city, Salvation. Here, the humans are protected by vampires and lycans alike, all under the leadership of her estranged mother, Lisbeth. Kitty has finally found the family she has always sought, but at what price? Salvation is full of secrets and danger, and together, it may cost her everything she holds most dear.

Demonics: Poetry of the Dark Side - poetry inspired by the Kylo Ren (galaxy far, far away) biography and other meditations on the topic of the dark side and role of the demons in our world. This is not a Star Wars franchise product. It's an independent book of poetry telling the perspective of an immortal demon who is observing our world and humanity with his own physical presence. There are two parts to this book; the first one is titled "The Fallen One". The second is titled "The Force". It talks about soul collection, temptations, sacrifice, and the dark side in general.

Amid a night of fun and festivities, Isabella Walker found herself alone with a bold, masked man at her front door. Unable to fight off her would-be abductor, the mother of two soon found herself a victim of extraordinary and grim circumstances. FBI agent Olivia Knight has investigated her fair share of bizarre cases. When she and Brock are called to the suburbs of Hidden Hills to investigate a strange abduction, Olivia quickly realizes that there’s more to this case than a mere kidnapping. Why was Isabella Walker targeted? Is there more to this housewife than meets the eye?

Dr. Autumn Trent returns to Virginia after successfully assisting the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit yet again. Part of her heart remains in Florida with her long-lost sister whose trail has evaporated, but she moves forward to focus on her work as a forensic and criminal psychologist. Intent on doing just that, she heads to Virginia State Hospital, where the prodigy of The Preacher awaits her return. Justin Black becomes the least of her worries when a new case practically falls in Autumn’s lap.

It was a horror movie that turned into real horror—three young actors lost their lives while the camera rolled. Production stopped, and people claimed that the movie was cursed. Sixty years later, new actors are venturing onto the haunted set. In a desperate attempt to revive their failing studio, Claire's dad has green-lit a remake of Mayhem Manor—and Claire and her friends are dying to be involved. At first, Claire laughs at Jake's talk of ghosts and curses. He's been too busy crushing on her best friend Delia to notice that she's practically been throwing herself at him.

With Morning Glory in her rearview mirror, Eden Voorhees heads to New Orleans to pursue the dream she put on hold while caring for her disabled mother. But in the Big Easy, she finds a roach-infested apartment, a non-existent job, and a dwindling bank account. Refusing to slink home and admit defeat, she accepts a part-time caregiver position to keep her theatre dreams alive.

Hannah Cooper's daughter is leaving for college soon. The change is bittersweet. A single mother since the age of eighteen, Hannah isn't eager to confront the pain of being alone, but she's determined not to let her own hang-ups keep Ellen from the future she deserves. As Ellen's high school graduation approaches, Hannah decides it's time to return to her roots in Cooper's Hollow along Virginia's beautiful and rustic Cub Creek.