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The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCharlie Rhodes’ life is in turmoil. Her relationship with her boyfriend Jack is going well but Casey, the newest member of the Legacy Foundation, has dropped a bombshell and Charlie feels as if things are spinning out of control. While waiting for DNA results to prove (or disprove, for that matter) Casey’s identity, the team gets called out on a weird case... -
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Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutesIt’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few... -
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![House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan]()
House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe luxurious Lathrop Grand Hotel is a Savannah institution that has entertained guests for more than a century and a half, offering some of the finest accommodations in the city. Famously haunted, the hotel draws tourists from around the world eager to encounter its numerous ghosts... -
![Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe]()
Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe ornate, casket-like packaging and neogothic graphic design of this immortal trilogy is eerily enticing on its own. But just lift the lid, slide the first tape from its ghostly sleeve, and you'll soon embrace the hypnotic realm of the undead.Book 1, Interview with the Vampire, opens with the seductive purr of F... -
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![Magic Unleashed by T.J. Green]()
Magic Unleashed by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsUnknown entities and the Daughters of Llyr. Trouble’s coming to White Haven.Avery and the White Haven witches have finally found their grimoires and defeated the Favershams, but their troubles are only just beginning. Something escaped from the spirit world when they battled beneath All Souls Church, and now it wants to stay, unleashing violence across Cornwall... -
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The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFamily and friends gather at Marlow House for Ian and Lily’s wedding.When an unexpected guest shows up Danielle tries to figure out who he arrived with and why... -
![White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland]()
White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAngel Crawford has finally pulled herself together (literally!) after her disastrous dismemberment on Mardi Gras. She’s putting the pieces of her life back in order and is ready to tackle whatever the future holds.Too bad the future is a nasty bitch. There’s a new kind of zombie in town: mindless shamblers, infectious and ravenous... -
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Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet... -
![The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Clint Marlow's partner in crime is found murdered in the basement of Marlow House, Clint is the likely suspect. The only problem, Clint is dead. But that doesn't matter to the FBI agents investigating the case. Clint looks alive to them. Meanwhile, Danielle’s housemate Walt is coming to terms with his new reality, which is complicated with the FBI underfoot... -
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The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhile the residents on Beach Drive prepare for the welcomed arrival of a new baby, they are blindsided by the newest resident’s plans to close down Marlow House.No one is prepared for the deadly secrets the new neighbor unwittingly conceals.Walt knows more than he realizes. If he can just remember... -
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Haunting Charlie by Wendy Wang
Ignoring the dead can get you killed...All Charlie Payne wants is to lead a normal life and to be a good mom. But Charlie’s not exactly normal. She's from a long line of witches and she can see the dead. Which sometimes makes even going to the bathroom awkward as ghosts have no boundaries.Susan Tate has inherited a beautiful old southern mansion on the coast... -
![The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIan has lived across the street from Marlow House for over a year and has no idea Walt Marlow is his neighbor.All that is about to change.(Did I mention—Walt Marlow is a ghost... -
![Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs this desert oasis a shelter or a trap?Dr. Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn’t seem to be a crime to go along with the witness. As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings don’t prove a murder... -
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Vampire Wake by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAprès s’être échappée de Ragged Cove et avoir été suspendue de la force publique, Kiera est engagée par la mystérieuse Lady Hunt pour protéger sa fille de 16 ans d’un étranger qui, selon elle, se cache dans la lande. Mais Kiera découvre rapidement que c’est elle-même qui aura besoin de protection... -
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![The Darkest Kiss by eri Arthur Keri Arthur]()
The Darkest Kiss by eri Arthur Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDanger turns her on. Desire turns her dangerous…Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own... -
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The Haunted by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic, Riley Williams, felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland. Or so she thought... -
![The Ghost Who Dream Hopped by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost Who Dream Hopped by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOfficer Brian Henderson knows there is something just not right about Walt Marlow, and he’s determined to find out what it is. Meanwhile, Beverly’s dead husband visits Danielle in a dream hop, telling her about his wife’s part in his death... -
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The Departed by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPsychic? Check. Haunted by a malevolent spirit who is making life a living hell? Check. In love with a smoking hot Scot, who is the reincarnation of the man creepy malevolent ghost murdered two centuries before? Check. Friends and family think you’re losing your mind? Check... -
![Dead Flesh by Tim O'Rourke]()
Dead Flesh by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Kiera and her friends return from the dead, they soon realise that the world is not the same – it has been pushed. Returning to Hallowed Manor, Kiera soon learns that it’s not only the world that has changed, she is changing, too... -
![Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles]()
Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."--Violet Parker Real estate agent, Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it--or maybe a foot...Categorized as:
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A Bundt Instrument by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA cozy English village, a baking contest...and Murder!I can remember a time when I baked for fun. I loved dreaming up new recipes, trying different combinations of flavors. Sharing my creations with friends and family.Now? I have nightmares where the TV cameras are on me and I’m baking naked. Or I open my oven and my cake pans are empty. You don’t need to be Freud to figure out I’m freaking out... -
![Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham]()
Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe cries of the dead are deafeningWomen are being taken in Virginia, and FBI agent Mark Frampton is determined to put a stop to it. Certain he’s closing in on the killer known as The Embracer, Mark is less than thrilled when he’s partnered with rookie agent Colleen Law, worried she’s a liability when there’s so much at stake...Categorized as:
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Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA series of grisly murders has left a trail of blood across three states, bringing the Special Crimes Unit to a small Tennessee town. There, two more brutal killings lure Noah Bishop and the SCU into what may be the ultimate trap, and lead Special Agent Hollis Templeton into a dangerous attraction—and a serial murder investigation that turns very, very personal... -
![Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear]()
Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this fourth in Spear's series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O'Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves… Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip...Categorized as:
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![Embraced by Darkness by Keri Arthur]()
Embraced by Darkness by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsShe's hunting a killer—and shattering every boundary she’s ever known…Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it’s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family’s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her... -
![Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen]()
Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe'll give her his heart...if the ghost doesn't take it first. Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion... -
![The Lost by J.D. Robb, Patricia Gaffney]()
The Lost by J.D. Robb, Patricia Gaffney
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJ.D. Robb’s Missing in Death investigates a female tourist’s disappearance during a ferry ride. Detective Eve Dallas wonders…if she didn’t jump, and she’s not on board, then where in the world is she? In Patricia Gaffney’s The Dog Days of Laurie Summer , a woman awakens to a familiar yet unsettling world...Categorized as:
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![Give Up the Ghost by Juliet Blackwell]()
Give Up the Ghost by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Keeper of the Castle, San Francisco contractor and ghost whisperer Mel Turner must solve a murder mystery at a haunted mansion in the Pacific Heights...San Francisco millionaire Andrew Stirling wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers...Categorized as:
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![Good Tidings by Terri Reid]()
Good Tidings by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBlack Friday – the official opening of the holiday shopping season – and Patrice Marcum is stuck in the middle of her local superstore with a crying infant, a near-hysterical desire to just abandon the diapers and milk she desperately needs, and the snowstorm of the century dumping half a foot of snow on the parking lot outside. She needs a miracle...Categorized as:
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Dead in Dixie by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDead Until Dark: Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse can read minds, which makes people...uncomfortable. Then along comes Bill-and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. That's because Bill is a vampire who runs with other undead. So when one of her coworkers is killed, Sookie fears she's next.... Living Dead in Dallas: First, Sookie finds a body in her car... -
![The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers]()
The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIf you sold your soul to the devil, could you ever get it back?The latest in a long line of psychically-gifted females, Ruby Davis can see through the veil that separates this world and the next, helping grounded souls to move towards the light - or 'home' as Ruby calls it. Not just a job for Ruby, it's a crusade and one she wants to bring to the High Street. Psychic Surveys is born... -
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Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGHOST WHISPERER MEETS MEDIUM.THE ONLY WAY FOR ANGELA TO FIND PEACE IS TO FIND IT FOR THE GHOSTS WHO HAUNT HER.I have a secret. I see dead people. And they're everywhere.When my mother died, I wished for just five more minutes with her, but I meant her ALIVE , not her GHOST . Apparently, the Universe has a sense of humor.As if I don't already have enough going on in my life. Teenage daughter drama... -
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Waysider by K.J. Sutton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you go wandering through the dark, you’re going to find things you don’t like.When twenty-year-old Cass Ryan is pulled out of the Hudson River, she’s officially dead for four minutes. She doesn’t know anything about the boy who pushed her in. She doesn’t know why she’s been hallucinating since coming back... -
![Temple of the Inner Flame by Amber Fisher]()
Temple of the Inner Flame by Amber Fisher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinister secrets lurk within the temple walls...Necromancer Kezia Bernard sees her ability as both a blessing and a curse. While it’s an honor to connect the African diaspora to their ancestors and heal wounds from the past, her power is overshadowed by a crushing affliction. One that has cost her all she holds dear... -
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![Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur]()
Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTwo worlds: vampire and werewolf. Danger has never been so seductive!From Melbourne’s gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson’s world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf—with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood—Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races... -
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Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsRediscover the thrills and chills of this classic paranormal romantic suspense, book 2 in the Harrison Investigation series, by the queen of the genre, New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.Nikki DuMonde’s newest employee is standing at the end of her bed at four o’clock in the morning begging for help... -
![The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark]()
The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. James had his summer all planned out. He would enjoy the carefree days in the woods behind his castle home, avoid the maniacal Danny Bompensaro (and the worm-like scar on the back of his head), and shoot an epic movie with his best friend Whit... -
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The Indigo Solution by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCan a no-nonsense lawyer and a capricious free spirit solve crime without murdering each other?Evangeline Malcolm Carstairs, dog-walker and ghost-buster, has one goal—earning respect for her paranormal abilities. When ten-year-old Loretta Post walks into her Psychic Solutions Agency bearing two sad ghosts and claiming someone is trying to kill her, Evie is on the case...Categorized as:
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![A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels]()
A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat happened to a teenager named Lucy one night in 1966 after a Beatles concert? She rushed the stage, kissed Paul, started home with her friends, and was never seen again-until cemetery guide and unintentional PI to the dead Pepper Martin sees her as a ghost. Lucy's spirit can't rest in peace until her body is found and buried...Categorized as:
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![The Night Is Forever by Heather Graham]()
The Night Is Forever by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA Ghost Rider in the Sky? What happened here, on a historic ranch outside Nashville, during the Civil War? And what's happening now? Olivia Gordon works at the Horse Farm, a facility that assists patients with mental and physical recovery; her specialty is animal therapy. She's always loved her job, always felt safe...until now...Categorized as:
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Wild Wild Death by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer job has been cut, she's low on cash, and her detective sometime- boyfriend refuses to even talk about her ability to see the dead and solve their murders. So Pepper is most certainly down for a vacation to get her spirits up. But when her cute scientist friend Dan is kidnapped, Pepper soon stumbles upon another deadly mystery that brings her to New Mexico...Categorized as:
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Heku by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsChevalier has never been told no. For thousands of years he’s sat on the Equites Council, ruling body of his heku faction, and for thousands of years his every order has been followed immediately and without question. One of the most important rules of the heku, is that no one is to feed from unwilling donors...Categorized as:
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![Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn]()
Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMaggie Lee is not your average hitwoman. For one thing, she’s never killed anyone. For another, after hitting her head in the car accident that killed her sister, her new best friend is a talking lizard—a picky eater, obsessed with Wheel of Fortune, that only Maggie can hear...Categorized as:
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The Vision by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsClassic paranormal romantic suspense from the queen of the genre! Rediscover this thrilling world where the dead can speak, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the Josephine Marie, it seems like any other dive…until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve’s very soul... -
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The Dead Room by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsClassic paranormal romantic suspense from the queen of the genre! Rediscover this thrilling world where the dead can speak, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived the explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly...Categorized as:
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![The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy]()
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReality and the supernatural intertwine in this exciting and chilling novel from an award-winning author; As the Hamiltons gather at their holiday beach house, Carnival's Hide, for their Christmas celebrations, the warm, chaotic familty atomosphere is chilled by the unexpected arrival of three sinister brothers... -
![The Unholy by Heather Graham]()
The Unholy by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatale are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywood's Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless...Categorized as:
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Night Shift / Night Shadow by Nora Roberts
Her voice was like whiskey, smooth and potent, but it was her contradictions that fascinated Detective Boyd Fletcher—the vulnerability beneath her tough-as-nails facade. Late-night radio announcer Cilla O'Roarke was being threatened by a caller, and it was Boyd's job to protect her no matter what...Categorized as:
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![Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels]()
Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCemeteries come alive for amateur sleuth/reluctant medium Pepper Martin. Cleveland's Garden View Cemetery is hosting a James A. Garfield commemoration. For tour guide and reluctant medium Pepper Martin this means that's he'll surely be hearing from the dead president himself...Categorized as:
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![The Unspoken by Heather Graham]()
The Unspoken by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratings1898: Bound for Chicago, the freighter Jerry McGuen goes down in Lake Michigan, taking with it every man aboard. But what other fate could befall a vessel carrying the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer? Now: A veteran diver and “ghost ship” expert is exploring the legendary wreck for a documentary. He dies inexplicably inside the freighter’s main saloon...Categorized as:
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