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Broken Ghosts by James Oswald (2024)
**Spring, 1985. Twelve year old Phoebe MacDonald's world is falling apart.** She has just buried her parents, a fire at their family home claiming both in a freak accident. Now she must leave Scotland, the only place she has ever known, and go to live with her uncle Louis and aunt Maude in their home in the Welsh woods. As spring turns to summer, Phoebe falls slowly into the rhythm of life with her eccentric guardians in their curious home. But there is no one her age in the nearby village, and she is lonely until she meets a strange girl, Gwyneth, who wanders the surrounding forest barefoot and alone. Outsiders both, the two girls form a strong bond, though nobody else seems to believe that Gwyneth is real. Phoebe knows better, and soon with her new friend's help, she begins to see the woods for what they truly are - a place of magic and wonder, where the line between life and death is blurred. Where spirits roam and secrets fester. Something happened here, a lifetime ago. A wrong that yearns to be put right. The answer is within Phoebe's grasp, but will revealing it put her in grave danger? **For the woods hold a dark truth, and some will do anything to keep it in the shadows.**
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (2024)
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the same question, over and over . . . Bela understands that unless she says yes, soon her family must pay. Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe but other incidents show cracks in her parents' marriage. The safety Bela relies on is on the brink of unraveling. But Other Mommy needs an answer. Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror told by the child Bela. A story about a family as haunted as their home.
One Who Pursues Chapter 1 by James Ridner (2024)
In the Southern town of Canterbrook, the four troubled teens Maxwell, Darius, Weston and Paisley banded together to form the Grizzly Riders gang with one aim in mind: get revenge on the Black Paragon, a faction who governs the town and allegedly terrorizes the families. They sketch their plan around a bonfire, smoking methamphetamine until their veins fill with rage sharper than any knife. But something’s watching them, something ravenous, omnipotent, coiled in the shadows: the crow perched on the sycamore tree branch. It continues following them through the neighborhood, which becomes entirely vacant by tomorrow's dawn. Eventually, what started as a revenge plot twists into flashbacks of darker times and drug-fueled hallucinations bleeding into reality until the line between paranoia and truth vanishes. --- **[*One Who Pursues*](https://archive.org/details/one-who-pursues_ridner/) © 2024–2025 by [James Ridner](https://substack.com/@jsridner) is licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).**
El hijo olvidado by Mikel Santiago (2024)
**Hay personas a las que dejamos atrás, hay deudas que nunca terminamos de pagar.** Aitor Orizaola no pasa por su mejor momento. Mientras se recupera de la violenta resolución de su último caso como agente de la Ertzaintza y se enfrenta a un expediente disciplinario, recibe una mala noticia. Su sobrino Denis, que de niño fue como un hijo para él, ha sido acusado de asesinato. Pero algo huele a podrido y Orizaola, aunque oficialmente esté de baja, no piensa quedarse de brazos cruzados. Denis parece haber sido víctima de una extraña conspiración. Una falsa acusación, un misterioso suicidio, una poderosa familia con mucho que ocultar… Estas son algunas de las pistas que llevarán a Orizaola, a lo largo de una lectura sin tregua, en busca de un secreto que se pierde en el laberinto de caminos de la Bizkaia profunda mientras lucha por resolver el caso más importante de su vida.
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose (2024)
Beth's life hasn't worked out the way she planned. After her father walked out on their family with a note simply saying 'I'm sorry', she became obsessed with finding him. An obsession that destroyed her relationship with her husband and her daughter. She just has her dying mother left, Beth taking care of her as best she can until she breathes her final, shocking words: **Your father. He didn't disappear. Don't trust...** Still processing these words, Beth receives a surprise call to say her sister has been attacked and rushed to hospital. Soon after, she finds both estranged sister and brother returning to the family home. She makes sure to lock her bedroom door at night. **Her sister can't be trusted.** Desperate to revisit happier memories, the siblings find themselves watching home videos of their childhood. It feels like a good idea, until the footage shows them their father covered in blood, their mother's voice panicked, and a dead girl's body. They'd love to believe it's fake, but **they know the girl in the video.** **Losing their mother is already hard enough, but will Beth and her siblings survive the truth of what really happened to that little girl?**
After the Storm by G. D. Wright (2024)
**TWO CHILDREN WENT INTO THE SEA.** When Andrew and Sophie take their daughter and her friend to the beach on a stormy day, they are momentarily distracted and both children are washed out to sea. Andrew dives in, but comes back ashore with only one child – Maria, his own daughter. Joe, the son of his best friend and local police officer, Chris, has drowned. But it was just a tragic accident…wasn’t it? **ONLY ONE CAME OUT ALIVE.** As Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Willmott investigate what really happened in the water that afternoon, the ripple effects of the tragedy tear the community apart. The detectives must discover the truth before their colleague – bereaved and desperate father, Chris – takes the investigation into his own hands… **BUT WHO IS TO BLAME?**
Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (2024)
Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: *Tread lightly and survive*. It isn’t easy when she’s the only one in the family who doesn’t quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he’s practically dissolved, and her older sister, Nicole, is so used to everyone—including her blandly docile husband and two kids—falling in line that Anna often ends up in trouble for simply asking a question. Mom seizes every opportunity to question her life choices, and Dad, when not reminding everyone who paid for this vacation, just wants some peace and quiet. The gorgeous, remote villa in tiny Monteperso seems like a perfect place to endure so much family togetherness, until things start going off the rails—the strange noises at night, the unsettling warnings from the local villagers, and the dark, violent past of the villa itself. (Warning: May invoke feelings of irritation, dread, and despair that come with large family gatherings.)
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim (2024)
Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying . . . yet enticing. In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that. For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.
S1GNAL # 020.010071618 by J. 0ZPETOIO [Pi] (2024)
This book is an encrypted message from a world where reality intertwines with code, and meaning hides behind symbols. Unusual and unpredictable, it conceals mysteries capable of reshaping your understanding of what is possible. This is not just a text — it's a code waiting to be deciphered. Who left this message? For what purpose? And most importantly—what will happen when you uncover the answer?
De Porta Primordii. Tractatus De Virtute Occulta by Unknown (2024)
This unique publication is a carefully prepared edition of the medieval treatise “De Porta Primordii. Tractatus de Virtute Occulta” – "On the Gates to the Beginning: A Treatise on Hidden Power." Available to the public for the first time, this text unveils the mysteries of ancient esoteric teachings passed down through generations. The publication includes the original Latin manuscript, along with the author’s translations into English and Russian, as well as a private study tracing possible sources and stylistic elements characteristic of the 15th century. This edition will intrigue anyone interested in the history of magic and mystical philosophy of the Middle Ages.
Views by Marc-Uwe Kling (2024)
Ein schockierendes Verbrechen – und alle werden es sehen Die 16-jährige Lena Palmer verschwindet spurlos. Drei Tage später taucht sie in einem verstörend brutalen Video wieder auf, welches in atemberaubendem Tempo viral geht. BKA-Kommissarin Yasira Saad soll Lena finden und die Täter identifizieren. Ihr bleibt wenig Zeit, denn schon gibt es erste gewalttätige Demonstrationen in deutschen Städten. Eine rechtsradikale Gruppierung namens »Aktiver Heimatschutz« gewinnt rasant an Zulauf. Kann Yasira die Täter verhaften, bevor der Lynchmob zuschlägt und der Rechtsstaat zu wanken beginnt?
Graveyard Girl, Part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond (2024)
In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation. But the house comes with some unexpected surprises—sketchy utilities, chickens to feed, and a graveyard to tend to! The spooky graveyard has a storied past and attracts a steady stream of eccentric visitors—one intriguing man in particular—who seem determined to wreck her concentration. And there's a secret surrounding one grave that no one seems willing to talk about...
My sister's obscurities (Volume II) by PHANTAST (2024)
A literary writing about fate, destiny, social norms, family and the unexplored depths of the human soul. "My sister's obscurities" (Volume II) is a novel that psychologically explores its characters and wants to render a human world where moral values merge with individual psychological traits. In fact, morality in this novel becomes a product of human psychology and this morality is dissected rationally, irrationally and emotionally. The novel outlines human patterns that evade common social laws to create a new kind of humanism, a personalized one that transcends cultural barriers. The events described carry psychological meanings that defy human ethics ingrained for many past generations. And the present characters have an emotional intuition that constantly fights with everything that would stand in their way, including the right-wrong paradigm. Succinctly said, the book reevaluates established human values and treats them with contempt or mistrust which forms the entire fundamental principle of the book.
Reviews by Cat Ellington by Cat Ellington (2024)
Celebrating the sixth (and final) year of her original book series, Cat Ellington brings you Reviews by Cat Ellington: A Trilogy of Unique Critiques #3, a compelling collection of literary criticism featuring books 7 - 9 from the one-of-a-kind Reviews by Cat Ellington progression. Consisting of over 50 written examinations from the Cat Ellington Literary Collection, Reviews by Cat Ellington: A Trilogy of Unique Critiques #3 includes REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 7, REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 8, and REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 9.
Murdoku by Manuel Garand (2025)
Localize os suspeitos e revele o assassino! Você tem o que precisa para se tornar um grande detetive? Com 80 enigmas de assassinato, Murdoku combina os recursos visuais do sudoku com o raciocínio dos clássicos desafios de lógica. O diferencial do jogo são as cenas de crime coloridas em que cada detalhe do ambiente e dos personagens importa: cômodos, móveis, plantas e animais são decisivos para desvendar as mortes. E todo mundo é suspeito. Prepare-se para explorar os mais variados cenários, desde um apartamento até um baile de máscaras, passando por um circo, uma pizzaria e uma fazenda. E atenção: os enigmas começam fáceis, mas vão se tornando cada vez mais desafiadores, capazes de confundir até o detetive mais perspicaz. Para aliviar o clima e garantir o prazer do jogo, há sempre um toque de humor, mesmo nos crimes mais elaborados. Se você não resiste a um bom mistério, siga as dicas, encontre o culpado e aproveite esta diversão de matar.
One Who Pursues Chapter 2 by James Ridner (2025)
In the Southern town of Canterbrook, the four troubled teens Maxwell, Darius, Weston and Paisley banded together to form the Grizzly Riders gang with one aim in mind: get revenge on the Black Paragon, a faction who governs the town and allegedly terrorizes the families. They sketch their plan around a bonfire, smoking methamphetamine until their veins fill with rage sharper than any knife. But something’s watching them, something ravenous, omnipotent, coiled in the shadows: the crow perched on the sycamore tree branch. It continues following them through the neighborhood, which becomes entirely vacant by tomorrow's dawn. Eventually, what started as a revenge plot twists into flashbacks of darker times and drug-fueled hallucinations bleeding into reality until the line between paranoia and truth vanishes. --- **[*One Who Pursues*](https://archive.org/details/one-who-pursues_ridner/) © 2024–2025 by [James Ridner](https://substack.com/@jsridner) is licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).**