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  Star Flight

  Phyllis A. Whitney

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  A movie star’s suicide draws a young woman into the deadly shadows of a Hollywood scandal in this novel from “a master of suspense” (Mary Higgins Clark).   More than fifty years ago, Victoria Frazer and Roger Brandt were the most popular stars of the silver screen—until a notorious and tragic love affair on set in the Appalachians destroyed their lives. It was there, at the foot of Rumbling Bald Mountain in Lake Lure, North Carolina, where Victoria drowned herself, and where Roger would remain—drifting into obscurity as a tortured recluse.   Now, a half-century later, screenwriter Lauren Castle has arrived at a Lake Lure resort in the wake of a more recent tragedy: the suspicious death of her husband, a documentary filmmaker who was investigating the legendary Hollywood scandal. Lauren’s husband held the most closely guarded secret of all: She is Victoria’s granddaughter. Only one other person knew her secret, the couple’s close friend, Gordon Heath, whom Lauren is inexplicably drawn to. Now she must solve a mystery that links two generations, has claimed more than one victim, and has yet to reach its deadly and final fade-out.  New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Phyllis A. Whitney “is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft” (Barbara Michaels).  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author’s estate.    

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  Beneath The Zoo - A Short Story

  J.F. Penn

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  Some secrets should stay buried. 
  When renowned architect Arania Webb returns to Bristol Zoo — once her childhood sanctuary but now a derelict ruin — she discovers her late father’s hidden underground lab, which harbours a dark obsession. 
  Inside, she uncovers his journals documenting twisted experiments to fuse arachnid DNA with humans, creating unnatural creatures that blur the line between species. As Arania descends into the shadowy depths and explores further, she realises the terrifying extent of her beloved father’s attempts to play god. 
  With demolition charges set to raze the derelict zoo in minutes, Arania has little time to process the ethical transgression and madness that drove her father down an unholy path before the truth is buried forever. 
  But when the site manager stumbles upon her macabre discovery, Arania knows she must act swiftly to protect her family’s legacy — and her own future. 
  Will she find a way to escape the ruins with her father’s monstrous secrets? Or will the horrors hidden beneath the zoo ultimately consume them both? 
  In this short story, J.F. Penn weaves a tale of dark secrets, genetic aberration, and a legacy that blurs the lines between ethical transgression and scientific ambition, a narrative that is as much about the inner darkness of human nature as it is about the monsters we create.

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  The Girl Next Door

  Jack Ketchum

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  Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets, well-tended lawns, and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow up. Unless you are teenage Meg or her crippled sister, Susan. On a dead-end street, in the dark, damp basement of the Chandler house, Meg and Susan are left captive to the savage whims and rages of a distant aunt who is rapidly descending into madness. It is a madness that infects all three of her sons and finally the entire neighborhood. Only one troubled boy stands hesitantly between Meg and Susan and their cruel, torturous deaths. A boy with a very adult decision to make . . .

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  Death of a Fallen

  Kelly Hollingshead

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  "One way or another the dues of the past must be paid."
  
  Mysterious forces are driving a deadly wedge between Riley and his best friend, a fallen angel named Jonathan.
  
  A year ago, Riley had come to put his trust and his very life in Jonathan's hands, but something is happening to Jonathan, something very dark, and it's putting Riley at risk. He was once Reiley's most trusted friend, but now Riley is beginning to fear him, and for good reason.
  
  They will both face impossible decisions, which means only one of them will survive as the forces of evil once again come after them.

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  The Book of Souls

  Kevin Moore

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  The dead don’t come back, but some never leave…  
  Jack Kelly remembers everything about his wife and children. The wonderful smell of his wife’s hair, the way she whispers to him at night. His three children running through the house, the sound of their laughter. 
  That was his life before the accident. His near-death experience left him in the in-between space, somewhere between this world and whatever comes next. But he recovered and woke up as his thirteen-year-old self. 
  The doctors tell him it is a false memory, a result of his fall and the insult to his brain from his injuries.  
  “How can a thirteen-year-old boy have a wife and three children?” They ask. 
  But how can he see and hear dead people, demons, ghosts, and shadowy creatures? And if they exist, then is it so inconceivable to believe that Jack’s life as a 47-year-old man with a wife and children existed too?  
  Jack begins his journey to find out why and how. And, in the end, he resolves to find his way back to his true existence, back to his family. 
  The Book of Souls is the first book in the series. The Book of Demons is coming… 
  “… a Spiritual roller coaster ride! Harry Potter meets the Exorcist!” — American Online Radio

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  Fake and Enter

  Rachel Lawson

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  "Good evening ladies and gentlemen welcome to our show," said a voice that came from the stage of a small theatre. 
  "He's throwing his voice or using a microphone," muttered a bearded man with an Italian accent. 
  On the stage appeared the owner of the voice. 
  "He is using a trap door," the Italian muttered. 
  "I am Blake Fire," said the clean shaven Australian magician. 
  Another magician appeared on stage in flames he looked like a cross between a vampire and a magician. 
  "Trap door and pyrotechnics," said the Italian. 
  "And I am Max Starfire," said the vampire. 
  "My assistant!" said the first magician. The second 
  sneered and snapped "I'm your partner, Granddad!" 
  Max was the husband of Blake's grandaughter he was older than he looked. 
  "Max!" snapped back Blake as he beckoned Max to come over to him. 
  Blake removed his own top hat in a flourish. Max pulled a rabbit out of the hat then opened the rabbit's mouth. Blake's eyes widened in horror and he screamed "No! 
  Max pulled a hat out of the rabbit's mouth it killed the rabbit. Blake who was covered in rabbit blood screamed "Not again! Bring down the curtains. The show's over! 
  "How did they do that?" the Italian asked..

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