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Author
Series
Hidden Springs mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Hidden Springs Deputy Sheriff Michael Keen is called in to investigate a suspicious string of deaths at an empty old Victorian mansion, before more bodies can turn up.
Author
Series
Puzzling world of Winston Breen volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Winston attends a weekend of puzzles at a famous musician's mansion, but when he and other young guests pursue a thief, they find themselves in big trouble. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Blackwood mansion looms, surrounded by nightmare pines, atop the hill over the small town of Crooked Tree. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror novel, The Scarecrow. Now, on the eve of the book's release, the terrible story within begins to unfold in real life."--
44) WILDFLOWER HEART
Author
Series
The Wildflower house volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kara Hart was scarred by loss -- first the loss of her mother and now her husband. She feels broken, with no will to move forward, until her father does the unexpected: he moves to the Virginia countryside to restore an old Victorian mansion. Kara decides to go with him, telling herself that it will only be temporary. The huge house is neglected and derelict, but Kara discovers its breathtaking field of wildflowers and is stunned by their beauty....
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel. It's 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip after three years of being pilloried in the presses of two continents over fleeing her abusive husband. Now his sudden death allows her to return to New York to make a fresh start, restoring Liefdehuis,...
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera...
48) WILDFLOWER HOPE
Author
Series
Wildflower house volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kara Hart suffered overwhelming heartache when she lost her mother and husband, and her father's sudden death might be the blow that breaks her -- unless she turns her grief into purpose. She'll finish renovating his Victorian mansion in rural Virginia, but with her own twist. She'll turn the old house into a creative retreat for artists and writers. Kara has never tackled a project this big alone, and she's not ready to open her heart to others...
Series
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
�2000
Language
English
Description
Enrolled in one of England's most prestigious drama schools, Rain is sent to London to live with her great-aunt, Lenora, of the renowned Endfield family. Their estate is breathtakingly austere, filled with antiques and a long, storied history. But something isn't right. Rain hears footsteps at night, and the high-pitched laughter of a little girl. She sees strange lights in rooms that are supposed to be closed off. And everything about the place --...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"1980: Beth Soames is fourteen years old when a kind couple finds her playing the violin at her orphanage's yearly fund-raiser. The Averills take her home with them to Raven Hall, a rambling manor on the Norfolk coast. There she runs wild with their daughter, Nina, and they become fast friends. At times, Beth even dreams she's truly part of the family... until she's asked to take part in what seems like a harmless game - and nothing is ever the same....
51) Trust my heart
Author
Publisher
Waterfall Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Big-city lawyer, Grant McAllister arrives in Murphy, North Carolina with the intentions to sell the dilapidated mansion he inherited from his estranged grandparents and leave as quickly as possible. After his high-profile divorce, he should be avoiding perky reporters, too. But small-town reporter Jami Carlisle is honest, funny, and undeniably appealing. A story about the McAllister estate is too intriguing to ignore much like its handsome, commitment-phobic...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Clara Starling lives a life of dull rules, deadly routine, and flavorless meals under her cold uncle's strict regime--until the day Uncle disappears, leaving Clara alone in his old mansion. When streetwise orphan Peter and his rescue cat arrive unexpectedly, the children seize the chance to live by their own rules. But when the pair's wild romps through the halls of Braithwaite Manor reveal a single, worn ballet slipper, they are hurled into a mystery...
53) Creepy cat: 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Flora moves into a mysterious mansion and finds it inhabited by a strange creature--Creepy Cat! Thus begins her strange and sometimes dangerous life with a feline roommate. This Gothic comedy brings the chuckles ... and the chills!"--Amazon
Author
Language
English
Description
"After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to Asherley, the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fianc�e Max Winter, a wealthy senator and recent widower, and a life of luxury she's never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max's beautiful first wife, Rebecca, who haunts the young woman's imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Maud Drennan is a dedicated caregiver whose sunny disposition masks a deep sadness. A tragic childhood event left her haunted, in the company of a cast of prattling saints who pop in and out of her life like tourists. Cathal Flood is a menace by all accounts. The lone occupant of a Gothic mansion crawling with feral cats, he has been waging war against his son's attempts to put him into an old-age home and sent his last caretaker running for the...