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The broken hours
Par Jacqueline Baker. 2014
In the spring of 1936, horror writer H.P. Lovecraft is broke, living alone in a creaky old house and deathly…
ill. At the edge of a nervous breakdown, he hires a personal assistant, Arthor Crandle. Candle arrives at Lovecraft's home with no knowledge of the writer or his work, but is soon drawn into his distinctly eerie and unnerving world. c2014.The bridesmaid
Par Ruth Rendell. 1989
Philip Wardman falls for a beautiful, enigmatic woman he meets at his sister's wedding. Philip abhors any depiction of violent…
death, but Senta believes they should each kill someone to prove their love for each other. Some descriptions of sex. 1989.The book of mercy
Par Kathleen Cambor. 1996
Retired fireman Edmund Mueller's lonely life is haunted by melancholy memories of his runaway wife and estranged children. Mueller practices…
alchemy, hoping to restore his lost past. His psychiatrist daughter uncovers the secret of her father's obsession and realizes that her own life is also a futile quest for happiness. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1996.The book of common dread: A Novel Of The Infernal
Par Brent Monahan. 1993
Simon Penn agrees to give his captivating colleague Frederika Vanderveen information from a guarded rare book in Princeton's Firestone Library…
if she will rent him a room so he can escape his live-in girlfriend. Meanwhile vampire Vincent DeVilbiss also needs an ancient manuscript and is planning to take advantage of Frederika's desire to conjure up her dead father's ghost. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Followed by "The blood of the covenant" (DC20503). 1993.The blue girl
Par Charles De Lint. 2004
New at her high school, Imogene enlists the help of her introverted friend Maxine and the ghost of a boy…
who haunts the school, after receiving warnings through her dreams that soul-eaters are threatening her life. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. For senior high readers. 2006, c2004.The body in the billiard room (Inspector Ghote mystery. #16)
Par H. R. F Keating. 1987
Inspector Ghote finds himself cast in the role of the Great Detective when Surinder Mehta M.C. expressly requests that the…
Bombay detective be sent up to Ooty, the famous hill station, to solve the murder of the billiard marker in their most historic club. A daunting enough assignment without the luck of having Surinder as his tireless Dr Watson - the greatest hindrance in his career to date. Sequel to “Under a monsoon cloud”, followed by “Dead on time”. 1987.The black chalice
Par Marie Jakober. 2000
A young knight, Karelian of Lys, returns from the Crusades to his home in 12th-century Germany, having witnessed enough to…
undermine his faith in God and himself. Though he craves peace, Karelian soon becomes the lover of a half-human witch queen and the enemy of a nobleman who claims to be a direct descendant of Jesus, and thus the destined king of Earth. Karelian must use all his combat skills, intelligence, and empathy to fight his way through the tangle of duty and passion in which he's caught. Some descriptions of sex, violence, and some strong language. 2000.The blessing way (Joe Leaphorn And Jim Chee Novel Ser.)
Par Tony Hillerman. 1970
A casual summer outing to investigate rumours of sorcery leads Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, and anthropologist Bergen McKee,…
to a series of inexplicably grisly murders. Leaphorn uses his uncanny powers of deduction and knowledge of Navajo ways to solve the crimes. c1989, 1970.The blue ghost
Par Marion Dane Bauer. 2005
Liz is awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious voice softly calling her name. A blue light…
turns into a ghost in old-fashioned clothes, who appears for a moment and then fades through the wall. Liz tries to figure out who the ghost is, why she was calling her name, while unravelling some family secrets. Grades 3-6. 2005.The blood of an Englishman: a Kramer and Zondi novel (Kramer and Zondi novel. #6.)
Par James McClure. 1980
There's a giant on the loose - a homicidal giant attacking blameless citizens at random - or so one of…
its victims claims. But Lieutenant Tromp Kramer of the Trekkersburg Murder and Robbery Squad remains unimpressed. Yet one morning Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi brings him news of a gruesome find. An England visitor to South Africa lies murdered, and his injuries point decisively to a gigantic killer possessed of hideous strength. The celebrated detective team of Afrikaner and Zulu soon faces a seemingly impenetrable problem. 1980.The blood of the covenant: a novel of the vampiric
Par Brent Monahan. 1995
Princeton University librarians Simon Penn and Frederika Vanderveen steal the ancient Scrolls of Ahriman that are sought by both the…
vampire world and the Vatican. Pursued by vampires, they try to unravel the scrolls' prophecy before time runs out. Sequel to "The book of common dread" (DC12675). Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1995.Sous la glace (Armand Gamache enquête.)
Par Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain. 2011
L'hiver a enveloppé de neige le village endormi de Three Pines. Le temps des fêtes appelle à la paix et…
aux bons sentiments, jusqu'à ce qu'un cri déchire l'air glacé. Un meurtre a été commis : une spectatrice de la traditionnelle partie de curling a été électrocutée sous les yeux de tous, au beau milieu d'un lac gelé. Pour diriger l'enquête, l'inspecteur-chef Armand Gamache revient dans la charmante communauté anglophone. Avec minutie, il dévoile le passé de la victime et découvre un écheveau de secrets et de rivalités. Gamache a cependant ses propres ennemis au sein de la Sûreté du Québec ; il sait qu'il ne peut se fier à personne. Tandis qu'un vent mordant souffle sur Three Pines, une menace plus glaçante encore plane sur lui. 2011. Titre uniforme: Dead cold.The black book: an Inspector Rebus novel
Par Ian Rankin. 1994
Five years ago, Edinburgh's Central Hotel burned to the ground, and a body with a bullet hole in it was…
found in the ashes. Now John Rebus is having a terrible week--his lover has thrown him out, his brother has arrived unannounced, and his deputy is hospitalized in a coma. Then Rebus reads the notes in his deputy's black book and sees a connection. Strong language. 1994.The betrayed
Par David Hosp. 2006
When Sydney Chaplin left D.C. nine years ago for college, she vowed never to return. But when her sister is…
found brutally murdered, she finds herself drawn once again into the shadowy web of her wealthy, powerful family. Joined by Washington detectives Jack Cassian and Darius Train, and driven by her need to know the truth about her sister's death, Sydney will risk everything - her life and her family's future - to find the answers. 2006.The birds, and other stories
Par Daphne Du Maurier. 1992
The birds revolt against mankind; the climber on Mount Verita discovers the awesome cost of giving your all to the…
mountains; a malformed apple tree bears an uncanny resemblance to a neglected wife; amusing herself with the little photographer has far reaching consequences for the Marquise; love promised by a glowing stranger becomes a darker intimacy; family jealousies take an unexpectedly violent form; in these six stories, the weak, the dispossessed and the exploited wreak their revenge on a complacent world. 1992.Soirée d'enfer
Par Louise Binette, Sinclair Smith. 2016
Félix adore surprendre ses amis. Et ce soir, il leur a préparé une soirée digne d'un film d'horreur! Mais quand…
il les emmène à la vieille auberge abandonnée, la blague tourne au cauchemar. Et tandis que dehors la tempête fait rage, les adolescents sont pris au piège. Survivront-ils à cette nuit de terreur? Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2016.Terres perdues (La Tour Sombre ; #3)
Par Stephen King, Jean-Daniel Brèque, Christiane Poulain. 1992
Liés par le destin, Roland, Eddie et Susannah mettent le cap vers les Terres perdues où la Tour sombre pourrait…
se situer. Mais hanté par le souvenir de Jake, Roland le Pistolero perd l'esprit. Comment renouer le lien avec ce gamin au coeur tendre? Suite de "Les trois cartes" (FD04387). 1992. (La Tour Sombre ; 3)The best man to die (Inspector Wexford mystery. #4.)
Par Ruth Rendell. 1981
Jack Pertwee was getting married in the morning and the darts club gathered in the pub to give him a…
send off. Charlie Hatton drove his lorry eleven hours down from Leeds just to be there. Charlie was Jack's best friend and he would be his best man. When the two finally parted at the Kingston Bridge, Jack felt as though his life was just beginning. But for Charlie Hatton life was just about to end. Sequel to "Wolf to the slaughter", followed by "A guilty thing surprised". 1981, c1969. (Inspector Wexford mystery)The beige man (Inspector Irene Huss. #7.)
Par Helene Tursten. 2015
Göteborg, Sweden: The high-speed chase of a stolen BMW takes a chilling turn when the two police officers involved witness…
a gruesome hit-and-run. When they finally recover the abandoned vehicle, search dogs are unable to trace the thieves, but they do uncover an entirely different horror: the half-naked corpse of a young girl in a nearby root cellar. As Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues struggle to put the pieces together, they discover the man whose car was stolen—a retired police officer—is none other than the victim in the hit-and-run. Could it be a strange coincidence? Or is something larger at play? Meanwhile, the hunt for the girl's killer leads Irene into the dark world of sex trafficking. An international criminal has arrived in Göteborg, and he'll stop at nothing to expand his sinister operation. 2015. Uniform title: Man med litet ansikte.The ancestors (Griot audio)
Par Tananarive Due, Brandon Massey, L. A Banks. 2009
In this collection of flesh-crawling tales, each author contributes one deliciously twisted selection. A writer unearths dangerous truths in backwoods…
Mississippi and a man's sanity - and life - are threatened by disturbing visions. Then, in the third and final tale, two children are forced to face off against terrifying ancestors. Strong language. 2009.