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The guardian
By Nicholas Sparks. 2003
When Julie Barenson's husband died, he vowed to watch over her and left her a puppy she named Singer. Ready…
to love again four years later, Julie has a choice between a newcomer or a longtime friend. The jealousy of one turns deadly, and Singer becomes the guardian her husband promised. Some violence. 2003.The ghost of Captain Briggs (Sam, dog detective.)
By Mary Labatt. 1999
Sam thinks the old stone mansion where he, Beth, and Jennie are spending their vacation, is haunted. She comes to…
his conclusion by witnessing the not-so-friendly housekeeper, weird notes, and funny noises coming from the attic. Could it be true? Grades 3-6. c1999. (Sam, dog detective)The girl from the well (Girl from the well series. #1.)
By Rin Chupeco. 2017
Whenever there's a monster hurting a child, Okiku's spirit is there to deliver punishment. But one boy draws her like…
no other. Something evil writhes beneath his skin. Can Okiku protect him? Followed by "The suffering". For senior high readers. 2017.The girl next door
By Jack Ketchum. 2016
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 neighbourhood. Only one troubled boy stands hesitantly between Meg and Susan and their cruel, torturous deaths. A boy with a very adult decision to make. 2016.The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection
By Edgar Allan Poe. 2000
Presents twenty of Poe's best-known poems and tales. 2000. To -- Alone -- The City in the sea -- The…
Fall of the house of Usher -- The pit and the pendulum -- The Masque of the red death -- The Tell-tale heart -- The Black cat -- The Raven -- The facts of the case of M. Valdemar -- The cask of Amontillado -- The bells -- Annabell Lee -- Eldorado -- Ligeia -- The imp of the perverse -- Morella -- Berenice -- The gold bug.The Dunwich horror and others (Collected Lovecraft Fiction Ser. #Vol. 1)
By S. T Joshi, H. P Lovecraft, August William Derleth. 1963
Collection of macabre tales by the first master of supernatural terror who wrote during the early 1900s. Lovecraft created this…
new form of literature which is neither fantasy nor science fiction, but that combines elements of both.The doll-master: and other tales of terror
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2016
In “Equatorial,” set in the exotic Galapagos, an affluent American wife experiences disorienting assaults upon her sense of who her…
charismatic husband really is, and what his plans may be for her. In “Gun Accident,” a teenage girl is thrilled when her favourite teacher asks her to house-sit, but when an intruder forces his way into the house, the fate of more than one life is changed forever. And in the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin’s doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect “found dolls” from the surrounding neighbourhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they? 2016. Uniform title: Short stories.The double human
By James O'Neal. 2010
In the near future, the U.S. is approaching full-scale anarchy, with Miami becoming a prisonlike wasteland. Police detective Tom Wilner…
catches a murder case, but he soon realizes there's a serial killer at large, and to catch him, Tom will need to go into Miami. And if that's not scary enough, the killer is not human - he's the undead. Sequel to "The Human Disguise". Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2010.The doll who ate his mother
By Ramsey Campbell. 1987
It was a freak accident. The man suddenly stepped into the road. The brakes failed and Clare could only steer…
wildly, the car finally crashing into a tree. Now her brother Rob was dead, slumped against the passenger door. But his right arm is missing - severed but no longer to be found. Someone has taken it! 1987.The door to December
By Dean R Koontz. 1985
Six years after her husband, Dylan, disappears with their three-year-old daughter, Melanie, child psychiatrist Laura McCaffrey is summoned by the…
police. They have found Dylan and two others brutally murdered. The three had been holding Melanie prisoner and conducting cruel behaviour modification research on her. Melanie is in a trance, terrified of the door to December and the thing that lurks behind it. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1994, c1985.The Dodd, Mead gallery of horror
By Charles L Grant. 1983
The doll in the garden: a ghost story
By Mary Downing Hahn. 1989
Ten-year-old Ashley Cummings and her mother move into an apartment on the top floor of an old house. At eighty-eight,…
its owner, Miss Cooper, has become a grumpy old woman. She doesn't like cats and even though most of her lawn is very neat, there is a patch at the back that is overgrown with weeds. It isn't long before Ashley discovers why. Grades 4-7. 1989.The doomsday key: a Sigma Force novel (Sigma Force novel #6)
By James Rollins. 2009
At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in…
St. Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. Three murder victims on three continents, linked by a pagan Druidic cross burned into their flesh. Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force have only days to solve an apocalyptic puzzle dating back centuries. Violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009. (Sigma Force novels ; 6)The doom stone
By Paul Zindel. 1995
For spring break, fifteen-year-old Jackson has come to Stonehenge to visit his Aunt Sarah, an anthropologist. Dr. Sarah Cawley has…
been hired by the British Army to investigate a soldier's death and several animal mutilations in the area. Jackson and Dr. Cawley meet the hominid responsible for these deaths sooner and more directly than expected. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 1995.The deadly curse of Toco-Rey (Cooper kids adventure series. #6.)
By Frank E Peretti. 1996
Dr. Jacob Cooper, founder of the Cooper Institute for Biblical Archaeology, and his teenagers, Lila and Jay, are in Central…
America assisting in the search for the treasures of the city of Toco-Rey. Others have died in the quest, and when Lila becomes ill and irrational, it seems she may die also. For grades 5-8. Sequel to "The Secret of the Desert Stone". 1996. (The Cooper Kids Adventure series ; 6)The devil of Dragon House
By Janis Susan May. 1985
An orphan runs away to join her cousin, but she discovers that her relative is missing. She goes to work…
as a housekeeper and uncovers a trail of opium and slave trading. 1985.The dead zone
By Stephen King. 1983
A school teacher awakens from a coma and realizes that he can see the future. His second sight becomes a…
horror rather than a blessing, especially when he meets an unsavoury politician. Some strong language. 1983.The dead: The Enemy Is Closer Than You Think (Enemy. #2)
By Charles Higson. 2011
A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of 14. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue…
and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit. Includes strong language and violence. Sequel to "The enemy", followed by "The fear". Grades 4-7. 2011.The devil in tartan
By Elisabeth Ogilvie. 1980
The devil and Miss Prym: A Novel Of Temptation
By Nick Caistor, Amanda Hopkinson, Paulo Coelho. 2006
A stranger arrives in the village of Viscos with the devil, eleven gold bars, and a proposition. He offers to…
give the townspeople the fortune if they commit murder. Young Chantal Prym and others struggle with the moral dilemma. Bestseller. 2006, c2000.