A sampling of ghost stories, old and new
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The worthy : a ghost's story / |
Get dead? Get even. Hazed to death at 19, a very angry Conrad Avery Sutton III needs to borrow someone's body to carry out his plan for revenge. |
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The lovely bones / |
14-year-old Susie Salmon explores heaven while observing her family and friends cope with her murder and search for her killer. Time does heal. It also reveals. |
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Peony in love : a novel / |
Can an opera be deadly? Based on historical events, this stunning and richly detailed novel by the author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is set in 17th century China. |
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Blue dahlia / |
Roberts mixes gardening with ghosts in this satisfyingly, romantically eerie novel. The mystifying challenges for these three women are the men they meet and the ghostly Harper House bride in residence. First book of the In the Garden trilogy. |
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What's a ghoul to do? : a ghost hunter mystery / |
Boston-based ghostbusters M.J. Holliday and her pal Gilley Gillespie take their paranormal business on the road and find a little romance on the way. It's a good thing they have a sense of humor. |
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The dead fathers club / |
Uncle Alan killed Philip Noble's father and now has designs on his mother and the family pub. When Dad's ghost appears and persuades this 11-year-old to bump off his uncle before Dad's next birthday, readers find themselves in Hamlet with a 21st century twist. |
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Heart-shaped box / |
Judas Coyne buys a haunted suit on the internet with ghastly, terrifying results. The ghost of a former lover's stepfather wreaks vengeance on this callous aging rocker. Cancel your plans and hang on for a wild ride! |
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Ghost walk / |
A couple of ghosts bring two people together in the investigation of their deaths. The lives of a paranormal investigator and a New Orleans haunted-tour company manager cross in this suspenseful, well-paced romance. |
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Joplin's ghost / |
Phoenix Smalls starts channeling Scott Joplin's music after she visits his haunted house in St. Louis. Her new gift for syncopated rhythms dismays her jazz-oriented parents, her rap superstar mentor, and her R&B fans. As the ghostly visits escalate, Phoenix's soul becomes a battleground for issues of identity, possession, sex, commercial music and the power of love. |
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Suspicion : a novel / |
Emma Roth writes ghost stories but doesn't believe in ghosts. When her husband moves the family to an isolated Victorian home on Long Island, they ignore the local belief that the house is haunted. But who is sending those very personal messages on Emma Roth's computer? Are her new neighbors suspect, or is someone closer to her trying to kill her? |
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The turn of the screw : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / |
Spirits of the dead valet and governess in a remote country home haunt the new governess who fiercely tries to protect her two young charges. Creepy children and a misguided heroine plus elements of a classic Victorian ghost story have made this shocking 1898 novella a favorite of lit teachers everywhere. |
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Bag of bones / |
Nightmares draw grieving writer Mike Noonan back to the haunted Maine summer home he shared with his deceased wife. A new love there draws him into a woman's struggle with her child's wealthy grandfather. Secrets from the past unleash powerful emotions and quite a few ghosts, both good and evil. |
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The ghost orchid : a novel / |
A century ago a deadly séance left spirits with unfinished business lingering in the gardens and mansion of Bosco, now an artist's retreat. Ellis Brooks and her fellow artists-in-residence find more ghosts than inspiration as they uncover Bosco's creepy secrets. |
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Earthbound / |
One of the Grand Masters of the World Horror Convention gives us Marianna, an irresistible and erotic spirit bent on keeping a desperate married couple from reconciling their differences. |
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The prodigy / |
Rolf Geiger's mentor, the brilliant pianist Isador Rabinowitz, turns against his protégé in life. In death the maestro's insane cruelty torments and nearly possesses Rolf, leading to a final struggle for his very soul and the life of the woman he loves. |
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An American haunting : the Bell witch : being the eye witness account of Richard Powell concerning t |
A poltergeist tormented an early 19th century Tennessee family for over three years. Based on the journals of schoolteacher and state senator Richard Powell, this chilling fictionalized account of a documented haunting credits the spirit, Old Kate, with the death of the father. |