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The Ka of Gifford Hillary The Ka of Gifford Hillary Dennis Wheatley The _Ka of Gifford Hillary_ is a story concerned with the greatest of all mysteries: what happens after death? With Sir Gifford Hillary and Wing Commander Johnny Norton involved in plans to counter t… OL1174844W
To the Devil - a Daughter To the Devil - a Daughter Dennis Wheatley Beneath the azure sky of the French Riviera, Christina Mordant looks and behaves like any other attractive girl. But each night as darkness falls, the demon within her betrays its presence. A thou… OL1174849W
The Satanist The Satanist Dennis Wheatley Scintilating OL1174851W
Dark Interval Dark Interval Joan Aiken NIGHTMARE OF MADNESS When Caroline awakened, she didn't know where she was. Then a name pricked at her memory. Beaumont- a word from her childhood at the manor. Beaumont- where the hopelessly mad we… OL14851338W
The Serpent of Venice The Serpent of Venice Christopher Moore Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy of Britain and France, and widower of the murdered Queen Cordelia: the rascal-… OL17124775W
We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle Bernadette Dunne,Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a … OL3171087W
Tomorrow is mine Tomorrow is mine Rebecca James By the terms of her grandfather’s will, Eleanor Locke could inherit his enormous fortune only if she married “a man of property” in England. Unless she did so, none of the money could be used in aid … OL3488876W
The Judas Kiss The Judas Kiss Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Pippa Ewell had left behind the dark and forbidding Greystone Manor -- also the memories of Conrad, the handsome stranger who had swept her breathlessly into his arms and heart. But Pippa returned to… OL3931398W
The turret room The turret room Charlotte Armstrong They said he was an insane killer. But young Edie Thompson did not believe them. She was certain he was innocent, that his strangeness was only a mask for his terror. Was she right to hide him from t… OL4134629W
The Golden Unicorn The Golden Unicorn Phyllis A. Whitney *"Don't try to find out who you are, Courtney. You may uncover horrors you're better off not knowing. Be satisfied with the loving parents who raised you. Let the door stay closed...."* On the … OL60489W
Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey Jane Austen Northanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among the English gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. But most of all… OL66534W
Waiting for Willa Waiting for Willa Dorothy Eden Wilhelmina, is the simple signature at the bottom of a letter from Willa Bedford, but to her cousin, Grace Asherton, it has ominous overtones. A nearly forgotten schoolgirl’s game, it is the long-sta… OL67669W
The stone maiden The stone maiden Velda Johnston The advertisement, complete with a box number, appeared in New York newspapers: "Will anyone having information about an infant abandoned in Manhattan twenty-eight years ago please communicate?"-- Ka… OL78088W
The silver dolphin The silver dolphin Velda Johnston Star-crossed lovers on a bitter voyage to the heart of passion, vengeance . . . and murder! Fiona Scorched by the shame of a villainous lie, she burns to avenge her broken heart . . . as other wo… OL78104W
The other Karen The other Karen Velda Johnston KIRKUS REVIEW Comfy, feet-up romantic suspense in two postcard settings--rural Maine and wicked old Manhattan. Orphan Catherine Mayhew is barely surviving in the Big Apple, as a walk-on actress, w… OL78108W
A presence in an empty room A presence in an empty room Velda Johnston Susan Hapgood, a shy, quiet girl, cannot believe how lucky she is that rich, attractive Martin Summerslee wants to marry her. After a whirlwind courtship, Susan and Martin are married and head toward… OL78111W