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Whispers in the mist2020
Summary: Clare and Dorran may have survived the city, but their relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and rapidly worsening. Clare fears the only way to save him might lie in the mysterious Evandale... more »- place hold (0)
added 2 weeks ago
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Voice of fear2022
Summary: FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she's been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is... more »- place hold (0)
added 6 months ago
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Ghost blows a kiss2022
Summary: The late -- as in Dearly Departed -- Bailey Ruth Raeburn is delighted when she's assigned a new mission by Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, even if she is no good at following the rules for... more »- place hold (0)
added 8 months ago
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Book of night2022
Summary: Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate... more »- place hold (0)
added 9 months ago
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Hide : a novel2022
Summary: The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. The prize: enough money to change everything. Even though everyone is desperate to win -- to seize a dream... more »- place hold (0)
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The hitman's daughter2022
Summary: The Château du Ciel was once the destination for the rich and famous, but has fallen into disrepair. During the hotel's last hurrah New Year's Eve party, a blizzard descends, trapping the guests... more »- place hold (0)
added 10 months ago
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Ramses the damned : the reign of Osiris2022
Summary: A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt's greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of... more »- place hold (0)
added 12 months ago
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Diablo Mesa2022
Summary: Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal -- to finance a careful, scientific... more »- place hold (0)
added 2 years ago
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The book of magic2021
Summary: The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in... more »- place hold (0)
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The ex hex : a novel2021
Summary: Vivienne Jones handled the biggest break-up of her life the way that any witch would: vodka, bubble baths, and a curse on her ex. That was nine years ago. Now Rhys Penhallow, descendant of the town's... more »- place hold (0)
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The unknown2021
Summary: Sienna Murray was only fourteen when she pulled her neighbors out of a raging house fire. A decade later, she still can't explain what happened that night, how she knew to save them at just the right... more »- place hold (0)
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Sparrow Hill Road2018
Summary: Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross -- a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of... more »- place hold (0)
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The library of the dead2021
Summary: Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker -- and now speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough.... more »- place hold (0)
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The ladies of the secret circus2021
Summary: Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder -- a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across... more »- place hold (0)
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The unforgiven2021
Summary: Twelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live. But then a shadow creeps in... more »- place hold (0)
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Black water sister2021
Summary: When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she's moving back to Malaysia with her parents -- a country she last saw when she was a... more »- place hold (0)
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Reality and other stories2021
Summary: A mysterious tall man haunts a country house in search of a cell signal; a translator at an academic conference starts hearing things over his headset that nobody should hear; a family discovers... more »- place hold (0)
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The drowning kind2021
Summary: When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it's just another one of her sister's episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality,... more »- place hold (0)
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The devil and the dark water2020
Summary: Samuel Pipps is the greatest detective of his day -- but now he's a prisoner, accused of an unknown crime by one of the world's most powerful men. Along with his faithful sidekick, Arent Hayes,... more »- place hold (0)
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The once and future witches2020
Summary: In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now... more »- place hold (0)
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Magic lessons2020
Summary: Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she's abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle2018
Summary: The rules of Blackheath: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the... more »- place hold (0)
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Death in her hands2020
Summary: While on her normal daily walk with her dog in the nearby forest woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with a frame of stones. "Her name was... more »- place hold (0)
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Ghost ups her game2020
Summary: After a busy morning dispatching emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions to those in need, Bailey Ruth Raeburn is feeling flush with success. So when an urgent call for help comes... more »- place hold (0)
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The age of witches : a novel2020
Summary: Harriet Bishop, descended from a long line of witches, uses magic to help women in need -- not only ordinary women, but also those with powers of their own. She must intervene when a distant cousin... more »- place hold (0)
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The night sister : a novel2016
Summary: Struggling to forget a twisted discovery in the once-thriving hotel where they played as children, sisters Piper and Margot are forced to confront the past when their childhood friend, Amy, is... more »- place hold (0)
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The rise of magicks2019
Summary: After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees... more »- place hold (0)
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The descent : book three of the taker trilogy2014
Summary: Dismayed by Adair's otherworldly powers and afraid of his passionate temper, Lanore has run from him across time, even imprisoning him behind a wall for two centuries to save Jonathan, her eternal... more »- place hold (0)
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Imprudence2017
Summary: "Rue and the crew of The Spotted Custard returned from India with revelations that shook the foundations of the scientific community. There is mass political upheaval, the vampires are tetchy, and... more »- place hold (0)
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The pursuit of William Abbey2019
Summary: "South Africa, 1884. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As the child dies, his mother curses William. William... more »- place hold (0)
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Competence2019
Summary: "When proper Miss Primrose Tunstell uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and her airship crew embark on a mission to Peru. There, they encounter pirates and strange atmospheric phenomena,... more »- place hold (0)
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The rise of magicks2019
Summary: After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees... more »- place hold (0)
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The reckoning : book two of the taker trilogy2013
Summary: Follows the experiences of immortal woman Lanny, whose obsessive desires compel her to risk everything and influence the destinies of Luke, Adair, and Jonathan.- place hold (0)
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Leopard's wrath2019
Summary: "Born into a world of crime, Mitya Amurov has had a hard life, and his leopard has developed into a feral beast to protect him. It's constantly trying to claw its way to the surface, until a chance... more »- place hold (0)
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The reddening2019
Summary: "One million years of evolution didn't change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civilisation. Ancient rites, old deities and savage ways can reappear in the places you least expect.... more »- place hold (0)
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Lasher : lives of the Mayfair witches1995
Summary: Rowan Mayfair, queen of a coven of witches, flees the compelling, irresistible Lasher, the demon father of her child.- place hold (0)
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The lost future of Pepperharrow2020
Summary: 1888. Five years after they met in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Thaniel Steepleton, an unassuming translator, and Keita Mori, the watchmaker who remembers the future, are traveling to Japan.... more »- place hold (0)
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The Castle of Otranto : a gothic story2014
Summary: "The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the... more »- place hold (0)
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The ballad of Black Tom2016
Summary: "People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to... more »- place hold (0)
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I am providence2016
Summary: "For fans of legendary pulp author H.P. Lovecraft, there is nothing bigger than the annual Providence-based convention the Summer Tentacular. Horror writer Colleen Danzig doesn't know what to expect... more »- place hold (0)
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