This fourth collaboration between six of Britain's finest mystery authors follows the Black Book of Brân through the centuries. In 574, an infant and a book of prophesies wash ashore in Ireland. From that point forward, the book has a...
Blessing and cursing
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Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror...
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Author:Delacroix, ClaireSummary:Cheated of his inheritance and burdened by the legacy of his Fae blood, Garrett MacLachlan believes he is doomed to be an outcast forever--until he meets Annelise of Kinfairlie, a gentle maiden with the power to turn his curse to gift....
- Author:Castro, V.Summary:
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this "utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood" (...
- Author:Pohl, LauraSummary:
Four friends, one murder, and a dark fate that may leave them all doomed... After the mysterious death of their best friend, Ella, Yuki, and Rory are the talk of their elite school, Grimrose Académie. The police ruled Ariane’s death as...
- Author:Hughes, ViSummary:
When the dogs in town lose their barks, Mike and Annie set out to solve the mystery. With the scary secrets and clues they uncover from the past, can they stop the deadly curse of the graveyard hounds?
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
First published in a 1839 edition of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, The Fall of the House of Usher is the story of the declining physical and psychological health of the residents of the House of Usher-and the way in which the house...
- Author:Sterling, ErinSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, casts a spell with a spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and hexes gone wrong. Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young...
- Author:de la Cruz, MelissaSummary:
A young woman claims the throne of a realm inspired by Filipino mythology in this YA romantic fantasy, the first in an enchanting new duet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. MJ Rodriguez has spent her life...
- Author:Showalter, GenaSummary:
Cursed by a vengeful witch, William of the Dark will die if he ever falls in love, murdered by the woman who steals his heart. His lone shot at redemption is a book filled with an indecipherable code. Now, centuries later, he's...
- Author:Bujold, Lois McMasterSummary:
Once a courtier and captain, Lord Cazaril is now but a crippled ex-galley slave, who is suddenly promoted to the exalted and dangerous position of tutor to Iselle, the beautiful sister of the heir to the throne.
- Author:Walker, SaraiSummary:
The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her "slyly subversive" (EW) cult-hit Dietland-a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up. New Mexico,...
- Author:Rubinkowski, JessicaSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of the freeze, a dark magic hold Knnot Mountain unleashed on her village. Ever since, she's been on the run from the czar, who set out to imprison anyone who escaped. Valeria...
- Author:Vedder, LeslieSummary:
An Instant Indie Bestseller! Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince. Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who...
- Author:Lloyd-Jones, EmilySummary:
Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping...
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Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town, corrupting and infecting its residents....
- Author:Pentecost, KateSummary:
By night, the Ankou is a legendary, permanently young mercenary--the most fearsome sword for hire in all of the Five Lands, and its most abiding mystery. But when the sun rises, a dark magic leaves him no more than bones. Cursed with...
- Author:Poblocki, Dan.Summary:
Ignoring a handwritten warning from her grandmother, Amelia reads an old book she finds in the attic, and as elements from the stories begin to come to life around her, she realizes that she may be in a spooky story of her own.
- Author:Gray, ClaudiaSummary:
Captive's Sound is still standing ... but a new evil is rising. Nadia saved the town of Captive's Sound from a fiery apocalypse and vanquished the Sorceress Elizabeth ... or so she thought. But a crack into the underworld...
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Author:Schlitz, Laura Amy.Summary:When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's...
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