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Ghosts/Haunted Houses
Card, Orson Scott — Homebody
Widower Don Lark purchases a dilapidated Victorian home, which he plans to
restore. His neighbors try to
convince him to tear down the home, but Lark proceeds with the restoration
only to find that he has unleashed the evils of the past.
Erskine, Barbara — House
of Echoes
Joss Grant inherits an English manor from her deceased biological mother.
Her family moves in against the warnings of neighbors.
The male Grants begin to experience mysterious occurrences and first
blame Joss, but with further research, Joss finds that a ghost is causing the
mayhem.
Girardi, Robert —
Madeleine’s
Ghost
Graduate student Ned Conti moves to New York, from New Orleans, to conduct
research for a priest. While
there he finds that his apartment is haunted with a ghost and a close friend
back home commits suicide. Revisiting
New Orleans draws Conti back to his past, which may actually connect with his
current research.
Jackson, Shirley — The
Haunting of Hill House
A professor asks three others to spend the weekend with him at Hill House
to conduct experiments on the paranormal.
One guest becomes especially affected by the house and the presence
within.
Occult
Bachman, Richard — Thinner
Attorney Billy Halleck accidentally hits and kills an old gypsy woman with
his car. He refuses to pay any
compensation to her family, so they curse him with the word “thinner.” Billy begins wasting away and must confront the possibility
of death.
Blatty, William — The
Exorcist
Regan, a 12-year-old girl, begins acting strangely, which concerns her
mother greatly. The family doctor
finds no physical cause, so priests are called in to rid the girl of demonic
possession.
Levin, Ira — Son of
Rosemary
The sequel to Rosemary’s
Baby. Rosemary
awakens from a coma to find that her son is a televangelist who preaches hope
and peace. However, the massive
following of people doesn’t realize his father is Satan.
Rosemary, who knows the truth, questions her son’s intentions.
Naylor, Gloria — Linden
Hills
The author of The Women of Brewster Place
weaves a tale set in an
affluent African-American neighborhood where Lester and Willie discover the
hidden lives of the residents and what is locked inside one of their
basements.
Psychological
Hynd, Noel — A Room for
the Dead
Sergeant Frank O’Hara helped capture and put Gary Ledbetter behind bars.
Even after his execution, Ledbetter haunts O’Hara’s mind.
Now it looks like several new murder cases follow Ledbetter’s M.O.,
and Frank once again searches for the culprit.
Lessing, Doris — The
Fifth Child
The Lovatts always wanted a house full of children.
Their first four, two boys and two girls, proved to be wonderful
additions to their family, but the fifth child is clearly trouble.
From birth, little Ben has caused mayhem, slowly tearing apart the
family’s closeness. After
sending him to an institution, Mrs. Lovatt can hardly bear the thought of
losing him, and wants to bring Ben home, but to the detriment of the others.
McGrath, Patrick — Spider
Told by Spider, this story relates the events leading up to his commitment
into a mental institution. While
witnessing his mother’s death is partly to blame, the circumstances
surrounding her homicide may be the real reason.
Splatterpunk
Brite, Poppy Z. — Drawing
Blood
Trevor revisits his childhood home where his father killed his mother and
brother just before committing suicide. Although
Trevor was spared, it still haunts him to this day. While back home, he meets a young man who is on the run from
the FBI. The two fall in love and
explore their dysfunctional pasts.
Ellis, Bret Easton — American
Psycho
Patrick Bateman is a yuppie through and through.
He works on Wall Street, spends his money on extravagant items, and
lives in a superficial, uncaring world. While
he outwardly plays the part of the “normal” socialite, his friends don’t
realize his passion for murdering unsuspecting victims.
Graphic and gory.
Little, Bentley — The
Association
The Welches are ecstatic when the elite Bonita Vista community
Homeowner’s Association allows them to join.
But they soon realize what the Association is really about.
Unbelievable things begin happening and the Welches can hardly believe
that their neighbors are capable of doing them.
Saul, John — Black
Lightning
Reporter Anne Jeffers helps convict a serial killer who committed
extremely grisly crimes. However,
several similar murders occur after his execution and Jeffers begins to wonder
if they caught the wrong man. Plot
twists keep the reader guessing who the real killer is.
Technohorror
Cook, Robin — Vital
Signs
Marissa Blumenthal visits a fertility clinic to help her conceive.
In the process, she finds that the clinic may be the cause of her
infertility. A visit to Australia
leads her to a billion dollar scam that is preventing many women from
producing children.
Gerritsen, Tess — Harvest
Dr. Abby DiMatteo follows her conscience and gives a 17-year-old boy a
heart transplant, rather than giving it to a rich businessman’s wife.
She is continually harassed over this decision, which eventually leads
her to question the hospital’s transplant procedures.
She finds that healthy Russian children’s organs are being harvested
to save rich American patients.
Palmer, Michael — The
Sisterhood
When patients mysteriously die in the middle of the night, Dr. David Shelton
starts looking for answers. How
could seemingly well patients, who pulled through surgery, die without cause?
Dr. Shelton soon learns the real reasons from a young nurse.
Strieber, Whitley —
Nature’s
End
In the year 2025, the world has become increasingly polluted and
overpopulated. Dr. Singh, a Sikh
politician, has proposed that the answer to these troubles involves a suicide
lottery. One-third of the
world’s population will be chosen to die.
However, four fugitives believe Singh is a fraud and set out to prove
his true agenda.
Vampires
Elrod, P.N. — Cold
Streets
In the newest title of “The Vampire Files
Series,” Jack Flemming and his
partner are looking for a kidnapped girl.
They find her before she is killed, but kidnapper Gilbert Dugan figures
out that Flemming is actually a vampire.
Dugan blackmails Jack, threatening to reveal his secret.
Farren, Mick — The Time
of Feasting
Victor Renquist is the leader of a clan of vampires.
They roam amongst the living in NYC feasting on unsuspecting victims.
When many bodies start turning up, suspicion grows about this group of
people and who they really may be.
Monahan, Brent — The
Book of Common Dread
Simon Penn works at the Princeton University Library where a 3,000 year
old manuscript is housed. This
manuscript holds the secret to the existence and decimation of vampires. Vincent DeVilbiss, a vampire, is on a mission to find and
destroy this manuscript and will do most anything to make that happen.
Saberhagen, Fred — A
Matter of Taste
“Uncle Matthew” is found unconscious is his condo by John
Southerland and his new fiancee. As
they nurse him back to health, unfriendly “people” try to finish the job
they started.
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