In the Shadow of the Banyan
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For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father...
Scales of Justice
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Top assassin Graham Turner walks a delicate line as he tries to secretly solve the mystery of his...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Ghostwritten in Books
Dec 17, 2023
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Ghostwritten
By Ronald Malfi
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BOOKS CAN BE DEADLY
From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe!
In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths.
A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride.
In This Book Belongs to Olo, a lonely child has dangerous control over an usual pop-up book.
A choose-your-own adventure game spirals into an uncanny reality in The Story.
I really enjoyed 3 out of 4 of these stories. My favourite was This Book Belongs to Olo about a lonely boy just wanting to make friends granted he goes the wrong way about it but hey he’s creepy. These are all from the same universe and are all linked in one way or another, they all include a creepy or possessed book. The writing is just brilliant.
ClareR (6238 KP) rated Highway Blue in Books
Apr 9, 2024
It’s almost a modern day Bonnie and Clyde - except there aren’t multiple deaths or bank robberies! Anne Marie is trying to forget about her estranged husband, Cal, and when he turns up out of nowhere, it comes as a shock. He brings trouble with him, a man ends up dead, and they find themselves on the run. It seemed to me that Anne Marie is in a state of shock throughout this whole novel.
Will they make it to safety before they’re caught? I was hoping that Anne Marie would leave Cal and make her own way. At the beginning he clearly wants money from her to solve whatever problem he has made for himself and is very disappointed when he realises she has nothing.
Despite its darkness, and it was relentless at times, I really enjoyed this.
ClareR (6238 KP) rated Cursed Daughters in Books
May 13, 2026
Not an easy legacy to live with, made worse by the fact that Eniiyi buys in to the family curse, despite the fact that in every other way she’s a modern woman.
This all sounds very serious with curses and deaths, but it’s actually witty and looks at the line between family expectations and free will. I did wonder if these women were trapped by their own superstitions, turning the “curse” into a self-fulfilling prophecy. They believed it would happen, and so it did.
And that 30 year old dog - I’d love to know THAT secret!
One For Sorrow (DI Callanach #7)
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One for sorrow, two for joy Edinburgh is gripped by the greatest terror it has ever known. A lone...
The Loki Sword (Fireborn #3)
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An ancient blade, fit for the gods but tainted with a deadly curse. Bjarki Bloodhand has finally...
Paradox (Beyond Human #3)
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Time is being manipulated. The strands that hold the multiverse together are being cut and resewn...
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