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Seduction
By Catherine Gildiner. 2005
Inmate Kate Fitzgerald, a Freud expert, is offered parole by prison psychiatrist Gardonne if she can uncover what researcher Anders…
Konzak has found that will "make psychoanalysis obsolete". When key players - who were all last seen with Kate - begin turning up dead, she suspects she's being set up - who would believe a convict who murdered her husband? All she can hope is that following the threads of Konzak's research will keep her one step ahead of Gardonne, and lead her to the real killer. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.Scorpion
By Mildred B Davis. 1977
Say cheese and die -- again! (Goosebumps. #44.)
By R. L Stine. 1996
Greg Banks has to give an oral report of a true story for his English class. But when he talks…
about the old camera he found last summer, his teacher, Mr. Saur, doesn't believe him and gives Greg an F. The only way Greg can get a better grade is to bring the evil camera to school and take a picture. Sequel to "The Beast From the East". Followed by "Ghost Camp". Grades 4-7. 1996. (Goosebumps ; 44)Sacred ground
By Mercedes Lackey. 1994
Jennifer Talldeer, also known as Kestrel-Hunts-Alone, is an Osage shaman-in-training as well as a private investigator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She…
is looking into an accident at a construction site on which an Indian burial ground has been discovered. As she begins her probe, Jennifer suspects a conspiracy. She also questions why her grandfather has not made her a full shaman. Some strong language and some violence. 1994.Sacrament
By Clive Barker. 1996
Wildlife photographer Will Rabjohns is attacked by a six-hundred-pound female bear and slips into a coma. While he's unconscious, long-buried…
memories from his childhood return, including the evil perpetrated by Jacob Steep and Rosa McGee. Will recovers to explore unresolved issues. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1996.Rune
By Christopher Fowler. 1990
After ad-man Harry Buckingham is questioned about the death of his estranged father, he pursues his own investigation into the…
mysterious messages received by the late Mr. Buckingham. A fast-paced horror story set in modern-day London. 1990.Rosemary's baby
By Ira Levin. 1967
Ignoring the warnings of an old friend, Rosemary and her husband move to an apartment in Manhattan which has been…
the scene of witchcraft, cannibalism, and suicide. Then Rosemary becomes pregnant under strange circumstances in a threatening environment. 2005, c1967.Roscoe's leap
By Gillian Cross. 1987
Roscoe's Leap is the name of the strange old house where Stephen and Hannah have grown up. For Hannah it…
means a place where the heating is always breaking down but for Stephen it is a place of secrets, a place where something once happened to him, something dark and terrifying. Grades 4-7. 1987.Rogano: a novel
By Stephen Knight. 1979
While investigating a rash of strange murders by the elusive Deptford Strangler in London in 1902, a retired police inspector…
and his nephew discover that a similar series of murders occurred in the year 1454 in Rogano, Italy. 1979.Roald Dahl's Book of ghost stories
By Roald Dahl. 1983
Road rage: two novellas : "Duel" & "Throttle"
By Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Joe Hill. 2009
Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired. Duel, a tale about a driver menaced…
by a semi truck. Throttle, by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws, in the simmering Nevada desert. c2009. Duel / Throttle /Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption
By Stephen King. 1984
Andy Dufresne was no ordinary "lifer." He was in Shawshank State Prison for two murders he didn't commit. His posters…
kept him sane by giving him hope. 1984. Uniform title: Different seasonsRiding the bullet
By Stephen King. 2002
A college student's mother is dying in a Maine hospital. When he hitches a ride to see her, the driver…
is not who he appears to be. Soon the journey veers off into a dark landscape. 2002.Reunion (Mediator. #3.)
By Meg Cabot. 2005
The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them, since she’s the only one who can…
see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze’s classmate Michael, and they’ll stop at nothing until he’s joined them in the realm of the dead. As Suze desperately fends off each attempt on Michael’s life, she finds she can relate to the Angels’ fury. Because their deaths turn out not to have been accidental at all. And their killer is only too willing to strike again. Sequel to "Ninth Key". Followed by "Darkest Hour". Junior and Senior High. 2005.Revenge of the witch (Last apprentice ; #1)
By Joseph Delaney. 2005
In an unspecified England some centuries ago, Thomas, the 12-year-old seventh son of a seventh son, is taken on as…
an apprentice by the local Spook. It's the Spooks job to keep the surrounding area free from witches, bogarts, and the creepy things that cause shivers in the night. Tom is not sure he's cut out for the solitary, scary life, and he soon finds himself in trouble. Grades 5-8. Followed by "Curse of the bane" (DC38234). c2005. (The last apprentice ; 1)Reliquary (Pendergast Ser. #No. 2)
By Douglas J Preston, Lincoln Child. 1997
Curator Margo Green and Dr. Whitney Frock are again called upon to investigate suspicious deaths. Homeless people living in the…
tunnels under Manhattan as well as more affluent citizens are being murdered, their skulls missing. Fearing that the killer is another museum beast they encountered in "Relic," they are joined by the police and FBI. Some strong language and some violence. 1997.Raven's gate: Book One of the Gatekeepers (Gatekeepers. #1.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2005
To avoid jail, fourteen-year-old Matt enters a foster program in a remote Yorkshire village. Matt uncovers an evil plot involving…
witchcraft, and finds his destiny inextricably intertwined with the site of an ancient stone circle, Raven's Gate. Explicit descriptions of violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2005.Psychic animals: a fascinating investigation of paranormal behavior
By Dennis Bardens. 1987
Private view
By Jean McNeil. 2002
A catastrophic event deep in the Central American rainforest has robbed Alex of her innocence, her lover, and her belief…
in herself. Back in Britain while she tries to pick up the pieces of her life, she finds herself stalked by ghosts, from her past, from other people's pasts, and from the present. 2002.Pride and prejudice and zombies: the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem (Quirk Classics Ser. #2)
By Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith. 2009
As the story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton and the dead are…
returning to life. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr Darcy. What ensues is a comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield. 2009.