The author keeps the suspense from the beginning. A unique skill to describe and get the reader to move to crime scenes. The cold winter did not reach Boad Hill alone, with him came the murders. Sheriff Burt does not know what to do with the first victim buried under the snow, but soon it will be a habit to find bodies of young girls from New Academy High School. The killer soon gets the nickname Jack Feather Feather as it leaves no trace. In a town where nothing has ever happened, all are now suspects. Peter, a man who at thirty years of age still lives with his father, has a secret. Peter's gift for reading minds will allow you one day to casually discover the killer. Everyone knew him. But only Peter knew who he was. Views: 19
Welcome to Cherry Hill. Attendance is mandatory. The Cherry Hill Sanitarium isn't a friendly place. The inmates are among the most mentally deranged and dangerous minds known to the world. It's the sort of place that sane people would do well to avoid, if they value their lives.John Doe is not a normal man. He can't remember his name, nor much of his past. He's almost certain he's been dead for a while, and that the asylum that has become his residence is haunted by more than broken minds and twisted memories.John isn't wrong. Something dark is growing inside the walls of the asylum, something that festers and hungers to be free of its prison. That something has never lived before, but it wants to live now, even if it has to destroy everything it encounters to get its way.John Doe might just be the only person in the world who can stop the madness that is trying to be born into the walls of Cherry Hill. He might be the only chance for the staff and the patients alike.... Views: 19
Shhhh! Don't spread the word! Three-day weekend. House party. White Rock House on Henry Island. You do not want to miss it. It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—three days on Henry Island at an exclusive house party. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their own reasons for wanting to be there, which involve their school's most eligible bachelor, T. J. Fletcher, and look forward to three glorious days of boys, bonding, and fun-filled luxury. But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.Suddenly, people are dying, and with a storm raging outside, the teens are cut off from the rest of the world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn't scheduled to return for three days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine? Review“Gretchen McNeil’s TEN is my new number one! I jumped at every creaking floorboard in my house and on the page. This is sure to be a teen thriller classic!” (Nancy Holder, Bram Stoker Award winning author of THE SCREAMING SEASON )“TEN is a real page turner! Gretchen McNeil knows how to plot a thriller: Her setup is flawless and the suspense kept me on the edge of my seat.” (Christopher Pike, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the THIRST series and REMEMBER ME )“A breathless read.” (Kirkus Reviews )“Agatha Christie meets Gossip Girl in McNeil’s (Possess) throwback to old-school thrillers.” (Publishers Weekly )Praise for POSSESS: “With demons, secrets, and a butt-kicking heroine, POSSESS is a whole lotta dark and twisted fun!” (Kimberly Derting, author of the Body Finder series )Praise for POSSESS: “”A dark, unique, and intelligent novel with frightening twists around every corner that left me breathless.” (Courtney Allison Moulton, author of ANGELFIRE )Praise for POSSESS: “McNeil strikes a fine balance between outright scares and sarcastic humor...[a] light, entertaining read.” (ALA Booklist ) About the AuthorGretchen McNeil is a former coloratura soprano and was the voice of Mary on G4's Code Monkeys, and she currently sings with the L.A.-based circus troupe Cirque Berzerk. She is a founding member of vlog group the YARebels—where she can be seen as "Monday"—and is an active member of the Enchanted Inkpot, a group blog of YA and middle-grade fantasy writers. Views: 19
Wilderness Survival Tip #1Drinking your own sweat will not save your life. Somebody might have told you that, but they were trying to find out if you'd really do it.Henry Lambert would rather play video games than spend time in the great outdoors—but that doesn't make him a wuss. Skinny nerd? Fine. But wuss is a little harsh. Sadly, his dad doesn't agree. Which is why Henry is being shipped off to Strongwoods Survival Camp.Strongwoods isn't exactly as advertised. It looks like the victim of a zombie apocalypse, the "camp director" is a psycho drill sergeant, and Henry's sure he saw a sign written in blood...Wilderness Survival Tip #2In case of an avalanche, don't despair. You're doomed, but that's a wicked cool death.Wilderness Survival Tip #3If you're relying on this book for actual survival tips, you're dead already.Praise for Jeff Strand's A Bad Day For Voodoo:"A delightfully ludicrous read."... Views: 19
A new novel by the bestselling author of Witch Child: an adventure story drawing on the early writings of the Brontë childrenAll these Glass Town intrigues. No matter how long you'd been absent, how far you'd travelled, once you were back, it was as though you had never been away.Tom and Augusta are from different places and different times, but they meet in a virtual world to combine forces in battle, to save a kingdom, escape a web of deceit and find love. In a place where fictions can be truths and truths fictions, learning who to trust is about more than friendship, it is about survival.Glass Town Wars, inspired by the early writing of the Brontës, is a captivating, magical novel by the renowned Celia Rees.Celia Rees lives in Warwickshire with her husband. She is the author of the bestselling Witch Child, Sorceress and Pirates. Views: 19
Simon. Something frightful has happened to Jamie. Please come . . .When James Asher is found unconscious in the cemetery of the Church of St. Clare Pieds-Nus with multiple puncture-wounds in his throat and arms, his wife, Lydia, knows of only one person to call: the vampire Don Simon Ysidro. Old friend and old adversary, he is the only one who can help Lydia protect her unconscious, fevered husband from the vampires of Paris.Why James has been attacked – and why he was called to Paris in the first place – Lydia has no idea. But she knows that she must find out, and quickly. For with James wavering between life and death, and war descending on the world, their slim chance of saving themselves from the vampires grows slimmer with each passing day . . . Views: 19
Per the Kelleher Typology nine point categorization of serial killers, Sexual Predators are those who systematically kill in clear acts of sexual homicide. Sociopaths who torture and kill in order to fuel an ongoing prurient fantasy. For female serial killers, however, this classification is so rare that there has only been one documented case in the U.S. Rowan Gant is about to meet number two. Views: 19
