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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
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
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...
Author
Series
Mystery searcher book volume Vol. 3
Publisher
Bakken Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In Arizona's rugged high-country, four teens fight crime and solve mysteries.
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...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this homage to Agatha Christie, set in England, an amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit! Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley along with five mysterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden clues, interview witnesses, and find the killer before she...
Author
Series
Wildflower house volume 4
Publisher
Kersey Creek Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Kara is on track to turn the old mansion her father left her into a creative retreat and event space, but after a successful holiday season and then a joyous Christmas celebration with her friends and family, it's now January and winter has settled in. The brightest spot in the shorter, darker days, is the man she's fallen in love with. But she's worried. Suppose the growing relationship is more a distraction than a 'meant-to-be' love story. She has...
73) 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
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....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate which exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms ... Himari and Aoi's summer together has passed by in an instant. When Himari wakes, she discovers that Aoi has been absorbed by Momochi House. The building begins to collapse as Aoi tries to release Himari and the shikigami. Is Aoi lost forever or can Himari save him?"--
78) Shadows house: 2
Author
Series
Shadows house volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
A family of "faceless" nobles reside in a secretive mansion alongside their living dolls, who act as both servant and face. Although Kate Shadow and her living doll, Emilico, hope to be one such pair, their impending "debut" and its possible consequences have cast an ominous cloud over their blissful existence. Strange monstrous creatures roam the halls, while rumors of discarding defective dolls circulate...Fearful of losing her place at the house,...
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.
80) 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...