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"Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits. Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomena called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely...
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"A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street-for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price-they couldn't believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants...
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Burning Cove volume 3
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From the Author's website: An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world. Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to...
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"It was an irrational decision. Despite having just moved into a beautiful new house, the Williams family gave in to an odd, overwhelming desire to purchase a Victorian home they had come upon by chance." "They were curious, of course as to why the house had such a high vacancy rate - no one ever seemed to live in it for a long period of time. But shortly after moving in, strange things began to happen, and it became abundantly clear that the home's...
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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 1-4
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"When you move to a new town, no one tells you what to do if your new town is haunted. So it's a good thing I live next door to Desmond Cole, the bravest and coolest kid in the world. Together, we've explored a haunted house, followed ghosts on wheels, discovered mersurfers at the beach, and met a zombie zookeeper."--Page 4 of cover.
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"Object of the game: You are an aspiring detective and psychic investigator. For weeks, you have experienced recurring nightmares that you sense might be important. Your mission is to get to the bottom of these visions. You will decide how to move through the story as a grouop. The story is divided into five chapters, each of which is to be played in a single session."--Instruction booklet, page 3
Can you survive the house of danger? Gather your...
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Questioneers volume 3
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Iggy is delighted when Ada Twist's Aunt Bernice inherits a mansion featuring his favorite architectural periods, but unless the Questioneers can find its missing antiques, the house may be lost forever. Includes information about Art Deco and Art Nouveau, facts about unusual cats, a recipe for ice cream, and a biographical note on Ida B. Wells.