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In 1959, nine hikers died under bizarre and mysterious circumstances on Dead Mountain.
Dead Mountain
Biographies & Memoirs
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In 1959, nine hikers died under bizarre and mysterious circumstances on Dead Mountain. Using their journals, government records, and personal interviews, Dead Mountain uncovers chilling clues behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. With eerie details and unanswered questions, this gripping true story unravels one of history’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.
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In February 1959, nine skilled hikers set off into the Russian Ural Mountains—none returned alive. The eerie circumstances of their deaths on Dead Mountain have fueled decades of speculation. Violent injuries, missing shoes, and strange radiation on their clothes leave more questions than answers.
Through the hikers’ journals, rare government records, and personal interviews, Dead Mountain uncovers the mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Author Donnie Eichar retraces their doomed trek, revealing unsettling details and long-hidden clues.
As the truth unfolds, readers are left to wonder: what really happened that night on Dead Mountain, and why did these hikers never make it home?
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A strong match for readers drawn to literary naval fiction, wartime adventure, moral conviction, and mature romance.
The Oceans and the Stars
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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Near the end of a decorated career, Navy captain Stephen Rensselaer is assigned to command a doomed prototype warship after making an enemy of the president. As he falls in love with lawyer Katy Farrar and embarks on a mission involving seven battles, mutiny, and court martial, his duty and conscience are tested, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 2,800 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to literary naval fiction, wartime adventure, moral conviction, and mature romance.
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Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what’s right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line’s only prototype––Athena, Patrol Coastal 15––with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral.
Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the new assignment in stride, and while supervising Athena’s fitting out in New Orleans, encounters a brilliant lawyer, Katy Farrar, with whom he falls in last-chance love. Soon thereafter, he is deployed on a mission that subjects his integrity, morality, and skill to the ultimate test, and ensures that Athena will live forever in the annals of the Navy.
As in the Odyssey, Katy is the force that keeps him alive and the beacon that lights the way home through seven battles, mutiny, and court martial. In classic literary form, an enthralling new novel that extolls the virtues of living by the laws of conscience, decency, and sacrifice, The Oceans and the Stars is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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Something is wrong in the house at the end of the street, but the truth stays just out of reach.
The Last House on Needless Street
Domestic Fiction · Horror · Thriller · Psychological Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Something is wrong in the house at the end of the street, but the truth stays just out of reach. In The Last House on Needless Street, a grieving neighbor, a fractured man, and a trapped girl circle a secret buried deep in the woods. This psychological horror novel builds its dread through isolation, damaged memory, and a constant sense that nothing on the page is quite what it seems.
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"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." —Stephen King
Named one of the Best Horror Books of All Time (Esquire and Cosmopolitan) • Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • An Indie Next Pick • A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick • A Library Journal Editors' Pick
Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking and immersive read perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House.
In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.
A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time.
A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.
And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible.
An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
“The new face of literary dark fiction.” —Sarah Pinborough
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Best for readers who like gothic horror, isolated mansions, family secrets, and slow-burn dread.
Mexican Gothic
Horror · Historical Fiction · Thriller
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A New York Times bestseller called “seriously weird” by The Guardian, Mexican Gothic follows Noemí Taboada, a glamorous 1950s socialite investigating her cousin’s plea for help at a remote mansion, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 34,700 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like gothic horror, isolated mansions, family secrets, and slow-burn dread.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian
ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, NPR, The Washington Post, Tordotcom, Marie Claire, Vox, Mashable, Men’s Health, Library Journal, Book Riot, LibraryReads
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.
And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
“It’s as if a supernatural power compels us to turn the pages of the gripping Mexican Gothic.”—The Washington Post
“Mexican Gothic is the perfect summer horror read, and marks Moreno-Garcia with her hypnotic and engaging prose as one of the genre’s most exciting talents.”—Nerdist
“A period thriller as rich in suspense as it is in lush ’50s atmosphere.”—Entertainment Weekly
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At a lavish costume party in a mysterious historical manor, Jane Parks’ twin sister vanishes—and is soon found dead.
You’ve Been Summoned
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult
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At a lavish costume party in a mysterious historical manor, Jane Parks’ twin sister vanishes—and is soon found dead. With secrets buried deep and a past unsolved disappearance haunting the manor, it’s up to you to unravel the clues and catch the killer.
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When a group of friends gathers for a weekend costume party at the historic Sophomore Manor, they expect a night of fun. But as the evening unfolds, something more sinister lurks beneath the festivities. Jane Parks, enjoying the revelry, soon realizes her twin sister has gone missing. The next thing she knows, her sister’s body is found, and the party takes a dark turn.
The host is suspicious, the guests are hiding secrets, and the manor itself has a mysterious past involving a celebrity couple who vanished decades ago.
As the detective, you must unravel the clues, interrogate the guests, and uncover the connection between the old case and this new tragedy before time runs out.
Can you solve the mystery, or will Sophomore Manor’s secrets remain buried?
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Twenty years after surviving a childhood disappearance, Detective Rob Ryan faces a chilling murder in the same woods that haunt his past.
In the Woods
Thriller · Police Procedural
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Twenty years after surviving a childhood disappearance, Detective Rob Ryan faces a chilling murder in the same woods that haunt his past. As old memories resurface, Ryan must confront his trauma to solve the case—before the truth pulls him into the darkness for good.
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On a warm summer evening in 1984, three children disappear into the dark woods outside a small Dublin suburb. Only one is found, gripping a tree in terror, blood on his shoes, and no memory of what happened.
Twenty years later, that boy—now Detective Rob Ryan—has buried his past, never speaking of the unsolved case. But when a young girl is murdered in the same woods, Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, are thrust into a mystery eerily similar to his own.
As old memories begin to resurface, Rob is forced to confront his trauma while racing to solve the case. The closer he gets, the more he risks losing himself to the darkness of the past.
Can Rob uncover the truth before it consumes him?
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Good for readers who want literary fiction with a strong first-person voice, social realism, and a modern David Copperfield frame.
Demon Copperhead
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Time Travel
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A New York Times bestseller called “a voice for the ages” by Beth Macy, Demon Copperhead follows a resilient boy in southern Appalachia as he faces foster care, poverty, addiction, love, loss, and the struggle to be seen, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 152,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want literary fiction with a strong first-person voice, social realism, and a modern David Copperfield frame.
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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
A New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2022 * An Oprah's Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller
"Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient." —Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
"May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love." (Ron Charles, Washington Post)
From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.
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Once the CIA’s top covert operative, Alexander King finds himself hunted after a mission in Mexico City takes a deadly turn.
Most Wanted
Mystery
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Once the CIA’s top covert operative, Alexander King finds himself hunted after a mission in Mexico City takes a deadly turn. With a dangerous secret in his hands and enemies closing in, King must rely on every skill he's ever learned just to survive. But escaping this time may cost him everything.
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Once the CIA’s most lethal asset, Alexander King is now the world’s most wanted man. A top-secret mission in Mexico City takes a shocking turn when King discovers a deadly surprise in his car, one that could destroy his career—and his life.
Known for his ability to protect others, King finds himself the target of an unseen enemy. As his allies disappear and his enemies close in, he’s forced to rely on his wits and skills to survive.
With the stakes higher than ever, King faces an impossible choice: save himself or risk everything for the greater good. But can he outsmart the very system that trained him?
One wrong move could be his last.
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When a secret military project reaches out to the stars, it attracts the attention of an alien civilization on the brink of collapse.
The Three-Body Problem
Sci-Fi
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When a secret military project reaches out to the stars, it attracts the attention of an alien civilization on the brink of collapse. Now, as an invasion looms, Earth's factions clash—some seeking salvation from the stars, others determined to resist. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance in this epic sci-fi thriller.
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Humanity unknowingly makes first contact with an alien civilization on the brink of collapse. Now, Earth faces an impending invasion that could either bring salvation—or complete annihilation.
Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, astrophysicist Ye Wenjie becomes a key figure in the conflict, her life shaped by both personal trauma and the potential arrival of superior beings.
As factions on Earth form, some see the aliens as saviors, while others vow to resist. The question: will humanity unite to defend its future or fracture under the weight of conflicting loyalties?
With the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance, one decision could change everything. Who will survive the coming storm?
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to gritty crime thrillers, serial killer investigations, reluctant partnerships, and sultry Florida settings.
Afterburn
Mystery · Thriller · Noir
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After missing heiress Natalia Cruz’s body is found in the Everglades, journalist Kenzie Gilmore teams up with ex-cop Reid Garrett to track a killer tied to a string of murdered women in Miami, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 8,700 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to gritty crime thrillers, serial killer investigations, reluctant partnerships, and sultry Florida settings.
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A fast-paced, engrossing crime thriller set in sultry southern Florida from bestseller Biba Pearce.
When missing heiress Natalia Cruz’s body is found in the Everglades, journalist Kenzie Gilmore is assigned the case.
Is she the fourth victim of a sexual predator stalking women in Miami?
Or is her killer trying to make it look like she is?
Ex-cop Reid Garrett doesn’t appreciate bodies turning up in his backyard.
The Everglades is his turf.
But there's been four murdered women in as many months.
Determined to track down whoever is responsible, he reluctantly joins forces with Kenzie.
As they get closer to the truth, a shocking revelation turns everything on its head...
Can Kenzie and Reid track down the killer before he claims another victim?
This action-packed, gritty crime thriller is perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!
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In 1940, Sophie Klein uncovers a dangerous plot at Windsor Castle, forcing her to risk everything to protect the future queen.
The Royal Librarian
Historical Fiction
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In 1940, Sophie Klein uncovers a dangerous plot at Windsor Castle, forcing her to risk everything to protect the future queen. In the present day, Lacey Jones finds a mysterious letter tied to Windsor’s secrets. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a betrayal that spans generations and threatens to change everything.
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A royal palace. A hidden betrayal. A secret that will change everything.
Windsor Castle, 1940: Sophie Klein is sent to the Royal Library under orders to uncover a dangerous plot. But when Windsor is compromised, Sophie must risk everything to protect the future queen of England.
Philadelphia, present day: Lacey Jones discovers a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest among her grandmother’s papers. Determined to uncover its meaning, Lacey embarks on a journey to Windsor, where she uncovers long-buried secrets that will reshape her understanding of her family—and history.
As past and present collide, Lacey realizes that some betrayals echo through generations. But will revealing the truth come at a price too great to bear?
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Rio Salo’s dreams crumble after her grandfather’s death and her mother’s mysterious disappearance.
Buried Bones
Historical Fiction · Thriller
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Rio Salo’s dreams crumble after her grandfather’s death and her mother’s mysterious disappearance. When two enigmatic brothers arrive at her family’s abandoned hotel, suspicion of a local murder falls on them. Drawn into a web of secrets, Rio must uncover the dark past that threatens everything she’s fought to preserve.
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To secure her future, Rio Salo must confront the secrets of her past.
For years, Rio has poured her heart into the kitchen of the Painter’s Bay Hotel, transforming it into a culinary gem. But after her grandfather’s death and her mother’s mysterious disappearance, the hotel shutters, and her dreams fall apart. With her father battling cancer, Rio is left struggling to hold everything together.
When two mysterious men arrive at the empty hotel—one injured and the other hiding from authorities—Rio’s world unravels further. As a local murder casts suspicion on the brothers, Rio finds herself drawn into a web of secrets and lies.
To save her family and the legacy she’s worked so hard to build, Rio must uncover the dark truths buried in her past. But can she handle what she finds?
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