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"The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as "Britain's female Stephen King" (Daily Mail), featuring ten bone-chilling and mind-bending tales. Timeslips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor's novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination. In "Final Course," the world has descended into...
2) The nanny
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On a hot night in the summer of 1987, Hannah, the Holt family's nanny, left Lake Hall without a trace, devastating seven-year-old Jo. Haunted by the loss of the woman she loved more than anyone, Jo grew up blaming her beautiful, aristocratic mother, Virginia. Thirty years later in the wake of tragedy, Jo returns to her faded childhood home and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with Virginia. But the fraught peace between mother and daughter...
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Heloise lives in a suburb where she's just a mom, the youngish widow with a forgettable job who somehow never misses a soccer game or a school play. In the state capitol, she's the redheaded lobbyist with a good cause. But in discreet hotel rooms throughout the area, she's the woman of your dreams, if you can afford her hourly fee. Her secret life, a life she was forced to build after the legitimate world turned its back on her, is under siege. One...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has...
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Dexter books volume 6
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When Dexter Morgan--blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department by day, serial killing hunter of other killers by night--discovers that someone is shadowing him, observ-ing him, and copying his methods, he is not pleased. Especially since this killer is targeting Miami's police detectives.
8) Sweet Karma
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In the wake of her sisters apparent murder, Karma sets off to infiltrate the criminal underworld to avenge her death. Her journey takes her through the twisted underbelly of society leaving behind death and mayhem in her wake.
9) The Employer
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Five candidates are vying for the same job with a high-powered corporation. They are informed they will be tested, only to find themselves trapped in a room fighting for survival, as only one candidate will get the job.
10) Open Windows
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It's REAR WINDOW for the 21st century when a jilted fan finds himself pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after he accepts the opportunity to spy on his favorite actress using his laptop.
11) 36 Saints
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Bodies are piling up and Manhattan police detectives Joseph and Michael are confronted with a series of ritualistic murders. As evidence mounts and more body bags are gathered, the detectives uncover the serial killer's sinister motive – that with the murder of 36 righteous individuals, the world will descend into eternal darkness.
12) Mortem
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Mortem is a metaphysical thriller, the story of JENA a young woman who defies her own death during all one night. Multi Award Winning Film!
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Manhattan psychiatrist Ann Hecker (Annabella Sciorra, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Jungle Fever) is haunted by secret fantasies - recurring erotic dreams inspired by the bondage-and-sex confessions of a lustful patient (Deborah Unger). Seeking help, Ann approaches her university mentor, Dr. Leo Green (Alan Alda). But real treatment comes when Ann meets Doug McDowell (Jamey Sheridan), a ruggedly handsome pilot whose attentions spark a love affair...
14) App
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When Anna's cellphone mysteriously downloads a new app and it begins controlling her life in fearful ways, she'll set in motion a fatal series of events in order to remove it.
15) Absolute Fear
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Jessie follows Dale, her scribe boyfriend of three years, on a search for his long-lost father. Along with a group of unwitting friends, the young couple encounters more than they bargained for.
16) Gone Missing
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Loving but overprotective mom Rene's worst fears come true when her 18-year-old daughter Kaitlin and best friend Matty go missing during spring break. Rene will stop at nothing to find her daughter, even if it means starting her own investigation. With the help of her son and Matty's mom, she navigates San Diego's spring break scene, discovering some unsettling facts about Kaitlin's secret life. With the clock ticking, Rene gets closer and closer...
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The Woman In The Fifth follows American novelist Tom Ricks as he arrives in Paris determined to renew a relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. When the longed-for meeting goes poorly, he ends up in a seedy hostel on the outskirts of the city. Unable to pay for his room and board, he agrees to work as a night guard at a warehouse for the proprietor and spends the hours writing elaborate, imaginative letters to his daughter.
18) The Perfect Host
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Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. John Taylor is a career criminal. John just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. Finding himself on the door step of Wilson posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be.
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A woman is murdered in Oxford. Her body is discovered by two men who meet for the first time at that moment: Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the university hoping to study with Seldom. It quickly becomes clear that this is the first in a series of murders, all of which are announced by the murderer with strange mathematical symbols. Professor and student join forces to try...
20) Cat Chaser
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Superstars Kelly McGillis ("The Accused," "Top Gun") and Peter Weller ("Robocop," "Leviathan") ignite a smoldering passion with chilling consequences in the erotic thriller CAT CHASER. Also starring two-time Academy Award-nominee Charles Durning.
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