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The Intruder – Charles Beaumont

2017-03-21

A young Yankee instigator rolls into a small Southern town. His mission: to get the town riled up over school integration. His motivation: something far more sinister than racism…

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Phantom Lady – Cornell Woolrich

2016-09-14

Scott Henderson is on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. The one person whose testimony can clear him? A woman nobody, not even Henderson, remembers.

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Detour – Helen Nielsen

2016-01-31

Kid hitchhiker Danny was making his big break for Mexico when the kindly old man giving him a lift is murdered. Danny sets out on the lam, trapped by circumstantial evidence.

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The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories – Ambrose Bierce

2016-01-15

Ambrose Bierce was a prolific short-story writer, satirist, editor, and journalist; he remains one of the more important and vivid …

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Bunny Lake is Missing – Evelyn Piper

2015-08-16

Blanche Lake’s daughter Bunny has gone missing from her daycare—and nobody, not even the police, believe that Bunny ever existed in the first place.

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Mrs. White – Margaret Tracy

2015-08-08

In this taut thriller, Mrs. White begins to suspect that her husband is really a serial killer, whose gruesome murders have rocked a small Connecticut town.

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The Red Right Hand – Joel Townsley Rogers

2015-04-11

With savage fury, a hitchhiker began a rampage that ended in a young millionaire losing his hand. Investigating why—and finding the hand—may cost Dr. Henry Riddle his sanity.

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Dread Journey – Dorothy B. Hughes

2015-04-07

Starlet Kitten Agnew will land the role of her dreams or die aboard a transcontinental train; the choice comes down to Viv Spender, twisted Hollywood director and her onetime lover.

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Something in the Shadows – Vin Packer

2015-03-06

When his cat is slain by a hit-and-run driver, Joseph Meaker transforms from serene intellectual to crazed killer as he sets out to have his revenge.

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A Suspension of Mercy – Patricia Highsmith

2015-03-02

Sydney, an American writer of murder-mysteries, falls under suspicion of murder when his English wife Alicia left for London and never returned…

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Jamaica Inn – Daphne du Maurier

2014-11-22

Young Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and uncle at their establishment, the Jamaica Inn, only to find out it’s a hotbed of smuggling… and far worse.

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