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Every parent's nightmare becomes a reality for Kara Marshall when her daughter, Lindsay, vanishes from her bedroom during the night. The police suspect that the girl is just another moody teenage runaway, angry over leaving behind her school and friends because her family is moving. But Lindsay's recent eerie claim - that someone invaded her room when the house was opened to prospective buyers - drives Kara to fear the worst.

Beyond the sparkling Hawaiian beaches, masked by the deceptive beauty of the rainforest, evil awaits 16-year-old Michael Sundquist and his mother, Katharine, an anthropologist who has come to the Islands to study the unusual skeletal remains unearthed on the volcanic flanks of Haleakala, Maui.

For more than three decades John Saul has haunted the New York Times best seller list - and listeners imaginations - with his chilling tales of psychological suspense and supernatural horror. His instinct for striking the deepest chords of fear in our hearts and minds is unerring, and his gift for steering a tale from the light of day into the darkest depths of nightmare is at its harrowing best in House of Reckoning.

The day that the iron doors of the old mill in Westover, Massachusetts, closed forever is a day that still haunts the sleepy town’s residents. On that fateful day 100 years ago, 11 people died in a fearsome fire, and since then, no one has dared to revisit the mill or the dark secrets locked inside it. Now, a member of the once-powerful Sturgess family has aspirations to reopen the mill. Little does Philip Sturgess know that by unlocking the padlock he is also unlocking horrible secrets from the past. There are forces at work that will do their best to see the mill doors stay tightly closed.

Just as their troubled marriage is reaching the breaking point, Ted and Janet Conway inherit a home that has been in the family for more than a century. Eager to make a new beginning, the Conways and their three children head for the promise of a better life in the small Louisiana town of St. Albans. But within the long-abandoned, sprawling Victorian manse lies the dark history of the Conway name.

It has waited seven years for someone to come back to the rambling lakeside house called Pinecrest, which has stood empty since its last owner went missing. For upscale Chicago couple Dan and Merrill Brewster, the old midwestern manse is an ideal retreat, and for their kids, Eric and Marci, it's the perfect place to spend a lazy summer exploring.

Clark's Harbor was the perfect coastal haven, jealously guarded against outsiders. But now strangers have come to settle there. And a small boy is suddenly free of a frenzy that had gripped him since birth.... His sister is haunted by fearful visions.... And one by one, in violent, mysterious ways, the strangers are dying. Never the townspeople. Only the strangers. Has a dark bargain been struck between the people of Clark's Harbor and some supernatural force? Or is it the sea itself calling out for a human sacrifice?

When 21-year-old NYU student Jeff Converse is convicted of a brutal rape and murder that he did not commit, his nightmare has just begun. Jeff is just the latest innocent man to be made a target of the society that controls the underground hell called the Manhattan Hunt Club.

Amanda: A century ago, a gentle blind girl walked the cliffs of Paradise Point. Then the children came - taunting, teasing - until she lost her footing and fell, shrieking her rage to the drowning sea... . Michelle: Now Michelle has come from Boston to live in the big house on Paradise Point. She is excited about her new life, ready to make new friends...until a hand reaches out of the swirling mists - the hand of a blind child. She is asking for friendship...seeking revenge...whispering her name....

For five years Seattle journalist Anne Jeffers has pursued the horrifying story of a sadistic serial killer's bloody reign, capture, trial, and appeal - crusading to keep the wheels of justice churning toward the electric chair. Now the day of execution has come. A convicted killer will meet his end. Anne believes her long nightmare is over. But she's dead wrong.... Within days, a similar murder stuns the city. As the butcher stalks his next victims, creeping ever closer to her, Anne is seized by an icy unease, a haunting sense of connection to these unspeakable crimes.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Ein Unbekannter hinterlässt ein geheimnisvolles Päckchen vor Harvey Conallys Tür.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Als der Anwalt Ed Becker in einem alten Schrank aus der Anstalt ein Stereoskop entdeckt, ist seine Tochter Amy ganz begeistert.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Auf der Suche nach alten Anstaltsunterlagen stößt Oliver Metcalf auf ein wunderschönes, handgenähtes Taschentuch.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Das exotische Feuerzeug, das sie auf dem sonntäglichen Flohmarkt aufstöbert, scheint Rebecca Morrison genau das richtige Willkommensgeschenk für ihre Cousine Andrea zu sein.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Der angesehene und besonnene Bankdirektor Jules Hartwick führt seit Jahren eine glückliche Ehe.

Caroline Evans, a recently widowed mother of two, thinks things have finally fallen into place when she meets the charismatic Anthony Fleming. They are quickly married, and she and her two children move into his luxury apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Caroline dismisses the oddities of their new neighbors as pleasant eccentricities - until things begin to change.

Karen Spellman is leaving Los Angeles behind, packing up her life and her daughters, and returning to her hometown to marry her high school sweetheart. In the countryside of her childhood, she is looking forward to a fresh start. But her life quickly turns dark and a malevolent force beyond her control threatens to take her daughters from her and ruin her dreams of a new life. Little does anyone know that an evil thought to be long dead has only been lying in wait, quietly anticipating the day when it will finally be able to satisfy its vengeful desires.

Amanda: A century ago, a gentle blind girl walked the cliffs of Paradise Point. Then the children came - taunting, teasing - until she lost her footing and fell, shrieking her rage to the drowning sea. Michelle: Now Michelle has come from Boston to live in the big house on Paradise Point. She is excited about her new life, ready to make new friends...until a hand reaches out of the swirling mists - the hand of a blind child. She is asking for friendship...and seeking revenge.

A peaceful, neighborly village, darkened by legends of death. Who is Nathaniel? For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered the name in wonder and fear. Some say he is simply a folk tale - a legend created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. And soon...very soon...some will come to believe that Nathaniel lives still - darkly, horrifyingly real.