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House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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The final book in the New York Times bestselling House of Secrets series that was called "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure" by J. K. Rowling. Created by Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story), with the acclaimed author of the Codename Zero series and the Fourth Stall saga, Chris Rylander.
With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids...
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"Sophie and Joseph Argenton have survived the impossible...for now. Desperate, they travel to meet an ally at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise. Here they hope to find a way to kill the creature without harming their young friend. But Kensington is a dangerous building. Once the carriage leaves, they're...
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Secrets. They are an integral part of the human experience. They are hidden compartments within each of us where we store our deepest hopes, fears, desires, and vulnerabilities. Secrets also give us a measure of control, allowing us to decide what we reveal to the world and what we reserve for ourselves.
If keeping secrets is integral to the human soul, so is the desire to uncover the secrets of others. Our often insatiable curiosity leads us to uncover...
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A gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author, L. H. Stacey!
A woman on the run…
Madeleine Frost knows she has to get away from her partner Liam. His behaviour has become increasingly controlling and Maddie fears for her safety and that of her young daughter Poppy.
Desperation leads Maddie to the hotel owned by her estranged father – the extraordinarily beautiful Wrea Head Hall. The reunion is tense, but Maddie's father agrees to...
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No place left to run...
After the shocking events of last Christmas, Jess Croft is determined this festive season will be the one to remember, for all the right reasons.
But when a stranger turns up on her doorstep claiming to be her estranged father, Jess is shocked. Moreso, when the man claims that the little girl with him is none other than Jess's sister - a child she knew nothing about.
Jess isn't sure she wants these strangers to stay, but...
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If keeping secrets is integral to the human soul, so is
the desire to uncover the secrets of others. The delicate balance between
preserving, revealing, and discovering secrets breeds conflict and the power of
knowledge. Yet, as we learn to harness this power and manage these conflicts,
we develop trust and discretion.
What secrets will you uncover in this anthology of 26
short mysteries, thrillers & memoirs?
Written by members of The Ohio Writers'...
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Some people keep secrets, this house hides them for generations. Can Cleo dig back in time to save the present?
When genealogist Cleo is asked to investigate the family of Upper Moore House as a favour to her estate agent friend, it's a different commission to the ones she's used to. And right from the start she feels there's something not quite right about Mrs Darcy D'Eath Wytcombe. What is Mrs Wytcome's real motive for digging so deep into her...
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A missing child. A broken community. A horrifying secret. When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, an otherwise sleepy suburb is rocked by scandal and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is terrified. Decades later, Flora takes a job as a live-in carer for elderly couple, Agnes and Abraham, moving into the decrepit watermill where they live. As strange and unexplainable occurrences start to happen, Flora grows increasingly suspicious. What...
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The secrets of Summer House are about to come out at last...
1976. Rushing out of the University Library, undergraduate Alice Kenzie bumps straight into PhD student Tristan Somers. There begins a whirlwind romance, and Alice falls pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Then Tristan is killed in a car accident. Unable to cope, Alice takes her baby to Summer House, Tristan's family home in Suffolk, leaves her there and disappears.
2018. Olivia Somers...
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In the hidden corners of the city of Versaviz, within an old house that stands as a silent witness to the past, a family gathers, bearing an ancestral legacy. A place where history and the supernatural intertwine inextricably, where dark secrets and mysterious apparitions have woven a web of mystery that has endured for generations.This is the story of "The Spirits of Versaviz: Secrets of an Ancient House," a chronicle of a family's encounter in a...
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, an otherwise sleepy suburb is rocked to the core and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is left terrified. Decades later, Flora takes a job as a live-in carer for elderly couple, Agnes and Abraham, moving into the decrepit watermill where they live. As strange and inexplicable occurrences start to happen, Flora grows increasingly suspicious. What dark secrets are hiding in the house?...
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Whispers of the Enchanted House: Unveiling Secrets in a Small Town What would you do to unearth the truth behind secrets buried in the past? Lara, a youthful widow, inherits an ancestral dwelling and becomes immersed in a whirlwind of enigmas that resonate through generations. Possessing an exceptional artistic aptitude, she finds herself engaged in an unrelenting quest for the concealed truth within the walls of that ancient abode. Indeed, in a setting...
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The Amityville House: The Haunting Secrets of America's Most Infamous Residence, written by Oliver Lancaster, delves into the chilling and enigmatic history surrounding the Amityville House. Unravel the spine-tingling tales of paranormal activity and unspeakable horrors that plagued the house, as Lancaster meticulously investigates the events that unfolded within its walls. From the shocking true story that captivated the world to the enduring legacy...
14) Shake Down
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HOUSE OF SECRETS
To clear his imprisoned father's name, Shane Gillum must find evidence hidden in a Martha's Vineyard cottage. But he arrives to find the "vacant" property being prepped for sale by real estate agent Janice Swenson. Is she tied to the notorious owners? Or is she in over her head as the "accidents" on the property grow increasingly dangerous? And who is the saboteur targeting-Shane with his search, or Janice with her dark, hidden...
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Phryne Fisher meets Underbelly in an arch, out-of-the-box debut historical crime caper.
A centuries-old curse, a house of secrets and a young woman determined to find out the truth.
Sydney, 1930: In a well-heeled corner of Paddington, just a short distance from the razor gangs of Darlinghurst and Kings Cross, sits La Maison des Fleurs, an upscale brothel run by the indomitable Madame. The star of La Maison is Violet Kelly – beautiful, clever and...
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Window on the Square: Megan Kincaid lives in a house of secrets on Washington Square in New York City. Hired by romantic and wealthy Brandon Reid as his stepson's caretaker, she knows the boy's violent history-one the Reid family has tried to bury. But their mysterious past runs deeper and more dangerous than she realized. Now, as Megan slowly unravels the truth behind a tragic murder, she's torn between a child she must save, a man she's come to...
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2024.
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"Seventeen-year-old Cia lived in a house of secrets until she was five, when her father literally burned it all down. The price of his clandestine operation? Cia's entire family, and her leg. So, when her best friend Alice says she has a secret too, Cia wants nothing to do with it--even if it could shed light on her family's dark past. But Alice doesn't let go so easily, especially when her search for answers might help find Noah, the boy who broke...
18) Starling house
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"Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote The Underland--and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house--and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling--go to rot. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer...
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"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
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Jack Reacher novels volume 28
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1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected. Until one body - the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window - generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative. Reacher may be an exceptional...