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  Secrets of the Dead

  Simon Clark

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  Egyptian tombs are sealed for a reason--and opening them is terrifying in this supernatural thriller by British Fantasy Award Winner Simon Clark. 
  Archaeologist John Tolworth is returning to Baverstock Castle in rural England where he spent his youth. He's been hired to decipher ancient papyri excavated a century ago with Egypt's Gold Tomb mummies. The summer job will also be a unique vacation for his wife Ingrid, teenage daughter Vicky and son Oliver. But as soon as John steps into the Gothic fortress, long buried memories of a childhood encounter with evil resurface. He can still hear the screams of his friend, Philip, inheritor of Baverstock, on a night thirty years ago. Lord Philip has been mentally unstable ever since, losing both his hand and his grip on reality in an unexplained accident. 
  Now, the cold silence of the stone castle will be broken by whispering. And soon, for John and his family, all the secrets of the dead will be revealed. In Baverstock Castle, when the people sleep, the mummies awaken. . . 
  ". . . evokes the horror of mummification and the unquiet dead." Publisher's Weekly

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  Fever

  Wayne Simmons

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  A deadly strain of flu has mysteriously mutated, causing the deaths of millions throughout Ireland and beyond. But the infected don't stay dead for long, rising up to become flesh-eating monsters.In a quarantined lab just outside Belfast, lab worker Ellis and security guard Abe fight their way through corridors of the living dead, determined to expose a gruesome truth.Aging conspiracy theorist Tom wracks his brain to figure out what went wrong.Meanwhile, a young child and her two unlikely wards find themselves in the middle of a cat and mouse game involving the remains of the military, a covert government department, and the ever increasing throng of dead.The fate of humanity lies in their hands.

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  Gloria

  Bentley Little

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  Considering she had just attended her mother's funeral, Gloria Jaymes never expected to see the woman again, but then her dead mom shows up at her house.Gloria's mom is... different. She's younger than when she died, dressed in clothes from the 1980s. And nobody else in Gloria's family seems to recognize her.As Gloria tries to figure out the reason for her mother's reappearance and the odd behaviors the woman begins to exhibit other bizarre events occur. The changes to Gloria's world are small and subtle, at first... then they become much more startling.The freaky situation might just be connected to a mysterious shed in a small California town. The strangers who gather around the shed seem to know Gloria's name... and maybe they aren't strangers after all.With Gloria, Bentley Little presents one of his most complex and compelling novels one that is certain to surprise readers on every page.

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  The Greenwood

  Nathaniel Baker

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  In the stillness of the night, Catherine is jolted awake by an unsettling dream, her daughter Ava sharing in this nocturnal unease. The clock chimes 3:33. After tossing and turning she finally falls back to sleep. 
    
  Morning arrives, revealing a disrupted routine as Ava's father drops the bombshell of an impending move, injecting chaos into their lives. Simultaneously, news of Catherine's estranged father's demise emerges, a haunting echo from a past she desperately tried to erase. 
    
  Balancing the demands of her legal work and the intricacies of her personal life, Catherine stands at a crossroads, faced with an imminent decision—confront the unresolved shadows of her past or navigate the convoluted path of her present. 
    
  Arriving in Wyoming for the first time since leaving at age 8, Catherine is met with a new reality. The city is not the same way as she left it. So many sad memories. She meets with Sheriff Bob shares troubling stories about her father's last days. 
  The story moves through the intricate paths of family ties, societal norms, betrayals, friendship, personal quandaries, and unexpected loss against a backdrop of legal complexities. 
  But just when things seem settled, a shocking event occurs.

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  The House of the Seven Gables

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In the book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement, and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. 

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  The Reconciliation

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of short stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.'The Reconciliation' is the story of two old enemies who had quarrelled as students but who are now attempting to reconcile by spending an evening together. But as they drink more whisky, the old antagonism raises its head again...and then one man suggests a boxing match....

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