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|author=Dean Koontz
|title=The Bad Weather Friend
|rating=4.5
|genre=Paranormal
|summary=Benny is having a terrifically bad day. He loses his job, he loses his fiancee, and his house gets trashed. Oh, and someone has delivered a really weird, disturbing coffin-sized object to his home, and it's possible that whoever or whatever was inside is the thing that has trashed his house! The thing is, Benny is the very last person to deserve all this bad luck. He is a nice person. A really nice person. So fortunately for Benny it turns out that the delivery to his house is a new friend, a bad weather friend called Spike, who has been sent to help him since Benny is clearly under attack from nefarious forces for being a good person. Spike is going to take care of Benny, and will certainly take care of Benny's enemies, if he, Benny, and Harper (a waitress slash Private Investigator who finds herself roped into Benny's wild adventure) can figure out who exactly they are.
|isbn=1662500491
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{{Frontpage
|author=Ally Wilkes
|title=All the White Spaces
|rating=4
|genre=Horror
|summary=In post-WWI England, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Arctic expedition led by the famous Australis Randall. For Jonathan, this adventure represents a chance for a fresh start, and the opportunity to live life as his authentic self and true gender, without the disapproval and constraints of his parents. However, Jonathan isn't the only one fleeing the confines of his past and the shadow of the war hangs like a funeral shroud over the expedition. Guilt, mistrust and grief stalk the party and, when disaster strikes and they are forced to overwinter on land, a menacing presence waits to prey on their darkness. If Jonathan is to make it out of the Arctic winter alive, he will have to face his demons once and for all, or risk making the barren, icy landscape his tomb.
|isbn=1789097835
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{{Frontpage
|author= T L Huchu
|title= The Library of the Dead
|rating= 4.5
|genre= Teens
|summary= Ropa Moyo is a ghostalker, using Zimbabwean magic (and a bit of Scottish pragmatism) to take messages from the dead of Edinburgh for their living relatives. Ever since she dropped out of school, she's been using it to support not only herself, but her younger sister and her aging grandmother. However, there's an evil stalking the ruined streets of Edinburgh, targeting the city's children. Soon, Ropa is pulled into the search for a missing boy at the request of his dead mother. She will end up discovering an occult library and realise that the world of magic is far bigger and more dangerous than she ever could've imagined. Will she find the missing children and bring an end to this evil, or will it claim her too?
|isbn= 1529039452
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{{Frontpage
|author= Holly Rivers
|summary=Tilda returns to Brighton, to tidy away the remains of her mother's life after her death. Whilst there, she returns to the Paradise hotel, a haven for eccentrics and misfits. A place where people can be themselves, and let go of thoughts that torment them elsewhere. Little wonder that Tilda cannot forgive her mother for banishing her as a child, from this place of wonder. With the help of Queenie Malone, caring, and gregarious, Tilda begins to pick apart the tricky and uncertain relationship she had with her sometimes cruel and distant mother.
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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=williamabbey|title="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->The Pursuit of William Abbey<!-- |author=Claire North -->|-rating=3.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:williamabbey.jpg|linkFantasy|summary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316316849/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Pursuit of William Abbey When William Abbey fails to prevent the lynching of a young boy in 1880's South Africa, he finds himself cursed by Claire North]]=== [[image:3the grieving mother.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]A naïve English Doctor, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]he slowly learns the weight of the curse upon him, [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] When William Abbey fails to prevent as the lynching shadow of a young the dead boy in 1880's South Africabegins to follow him across the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself cursed by unable to resist speaking the grieving mother. A naïve English Doctortruths that he hears in others, he slowly also learns that the weight of the curse upon him, as the dark shadow of is deadly – and seeks to kill the dead boy begins to follow him across one he loves the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking the truths that he hears in othersmost…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Tudor Chalk|title=The Chalk Man|author=C J Tudor|rating=5|genre=Horror|summary=''The Chalk Man'' follows a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, he also learns that conjured during one fateful summer. By the dark shadow is deadly – and seeks to kill time the one he loves the most… [[new term begins, friendships will be fractured, and a girl will be dead. But who is the killer; is it The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North|Full Review]] <!-- Coleman -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1785032461Chalk Man, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer to home? Thirty years later, Ed has tried to forget about that summer, about all the poisoned, sinister memories of The Chalk Man.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032461/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Girl at However, someone seems determined not to let him and when the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare of the Window summer of 1986, populated by Rowan Coleman]]=== [[image:5starfairs, ra-ra skirts and death.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]Driven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Trudy Heaton the reader cannot help but wonder; who is going homeThe Chalk Man, to a house where her roots burrow back through the centuries and to and will he ever let Ed go?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Jester_Forever|title=Forever After: a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years. Home, her refuge, Ponden Hall, where she can heal herself dark comedy|author=David Jester|rating=4|genre=Horror|summary=Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and try to come to terms with gets made the traumatic loss offer of her husbandhis lifetime; immortality. She needs to build bridges with her mother We follow Michael, a grim reaper and convince her grieving son that his father is dead. Where better than friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a stoner in the house full of light records department) as they grapple with their long lives and shadow, that nurtured her throughout her childhood? [[finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1785032461|title=The Girl at the Window by |author=Rowan Coleman|Full Review]] <!-- Burge -->rating=5|-| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Paranormal[[image:1471407764.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471407764/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge]]=== [[image:5starTrudy Heaton is going home, to a house where her roots burrow back through the centuries and to a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Home, her refuge, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]Ponden Hall, [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] Martha's world has changed. Blind in one eye after falling from a tree, she wakes where she can heal herself and try to come to terms with a disturbing giftthe traumatic loss of her husband. She can read people through their clothes, secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want, needs to build bridges with her mother and knowledge she doesn't understandconvince her grieving son that his father is dead. She flees to Where better than the house full of light and shadow, that nurtured her grandmother, Mormor's cabin, seeking answers no one is prepared to give, and stumbles into world of menace. [[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge|Full Review]]throughout her childhood?}}<!-- Kearsley -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1471407764| styletitle=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''The Twisted Tree|author=Rachel Burge[[image:1492687863.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1492687863/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Paranormal| stylesummary=Martha''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley]]=== [[image:4s world has changed. Blind in one eye after falling from a tree, she wakes with a disturbing gift.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]She can read people through their clothes, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]]secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Flitting between the present day and mid 16thcenturyknowledge she doesn't understand. She flees to her grandmother, Mormor''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale s cabin, seeking answers no one is prepared to give, and stumbles into world of the Wilde House and all its inhabitantsmenace. In the present tense aspects, }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1492687863|title=Bellewether |author=Susanna Kearsley|rating=4.5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Flitting between the Wilde present day and mid-16thcentury, ''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and all its inhabitants. In the present tense aspects, the Wilde House is being turned into a museum due to the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wilde. It is told from the perspective of Charley, the museum curator, who is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house and their story; a tale that ends in a tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydia, and a French-Canadian lieutenant, Jean-Philippe who was sent to live there. The perspective of the book is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia and Jean-Philippe. The latter two tell the truth about what was happening during this chaotic time in history, just as Charley is beginning to unravel it herself. [[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley|Full Review]]}}<!-- Rajaniemi -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1473203287| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Summerland [[image:1473203287.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473203287/refHannu Rajaniemi|rating=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Paranormal|summary===[[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi]]=== [[image:4starImagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dystopian Fiction|Dystopian Fiction]], [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Imagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to. After discovery of the afterlifeAfter the discovery of the afterlife, the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, the Big Smoke for the recently deceased. In 1938 the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, the Big Smoke for the recently deceased. In 1938 the British Empire is caught up is caught up in a race against Soviet spies and dealing with a mole buried deep in the heart of Summerland. When Rachel White, an ambitious SIS agent, becomes suspicious about the potential rogue agent, she must decide how far she is willing to go and how much she is willing to risk to uncover the truth. [[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Maitland -->|isbn=1472235878|-title=A Gathering of Ghosts| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Karen Maitland|rating=5[[image:1472235878.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472235878/refParanormal|summary=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Gathering Witchcraft, the supernatural and the will to survive at all costs collide in a story that never shies away from the darker side of Ghosts by Karen Maitland]]=== [[image:5starhuman nature.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] WitchcraftThe land is unhappy, the supernatural old spirits want revenge and the will to survive at all costs collide in famine is kindling a story that never shies away from the darker side resurgence of human nature. The land is unhappy, the old spirits want revenge and famine is kindling a resurgence of the old faith. As fear risesfaith. As fear rises, it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that something rotten has taken root. The sacred well is tainted, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in on a wind of change. [[A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Mazolla -->|isbn=1472234782|-title=The Story Keeper| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Anna Mazzola|rating=5[[image:1472234782.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472234782/refParanormal|summary=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola]]=== [[image:5starAudrey, a complex mix of flights of fancy and seriousness, wanting, needing, to be more than what everyone expects of her, escapes from the straightjacket of her home.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]Where every action, [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]every thought, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Audreyevery yearning is controlled by her father, who only once in his life threw caution to the wind and married way beneath him for love. Now a complex mix of flights of fancy widower and seriousnessremarried, wanting, needinghe has rigorously returned to upholding what is right, to be more than what everyone expects of heris proper, escapes from the straightjacket bastion of her homedoing what is expected. Where every action}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0751571229|title=When The Curtain Falls|author=Carrie Hope Fletcher|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=A thoroughly, every thought, every yearning is controlled by her father, who only once magical and riveting story that hooks you in his life threw caution to from the wind first page and married way beneath him for lovetakes you on a roller coaster ride towards the last. Now Fletcher weaves together a widower and remarried, he has rigorously returned to upholding what is right, what is properdash of ''Whodunit'' the thrill of romance, (the bastion course of doing what is expectedwhich never runs smoothly,) and an unpredictable ghost. [[ The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola|Full Review]] <!ghost appears once a year, the principal star of her very own show, to meet with the love of her life and re-- Fletcher -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0751571229enact her death.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.coA tragic accident with the roots buried deep within the whole array of human nature.uk/dp/0751571229/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Love, joy, care, friendship, jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on centre stage.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Aaronovitvch_Furthest|title===[[When The Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher]]Furthest Station|author=Ben Aaronovitch|rating==4[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]summary=When local police find something weird - spectres scaring commuters on a particular part of the Metropolitan Line, [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] A thoroughlyfor example - they call for PC Peter Grant of the Special Assessment Unit, magical and riveting story that hooks you in from the first page and takes you on also known as The Folly. Stray river gods, missing Victorian children, fleeting 18th century dispatch riders, they are all in a roller coaster ride towards the last. Fletcher weaves together a dash of day's (or a night'Whodunit'' the thrill of romances) work for The Folly team, (even if the course of which never runs smoothly,) team only has two official members and an unpredictable ghostthe filing system dates back 2 centuries. The ghost appears once He may spend time pursuing supernatural offenders, but Constable Grant is a year, the principal star of her very own show, nicely wry and recognisable copper; health and safety rules annoy him and he is inclined to meet with the love of her life trust his hunches and repark outside Chinese take-enact her death. A tragic accident with aways in the roots buried deep within the whole array hope of human nature. Love, joy, care, friendship, jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on centre stagea free meal. <!-- Tudor -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Moore_Strange| styletitle="widthStrange Sight: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2)|author=Syd Moore[[image:Tudor Chalk.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718187431?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718187431]]Paranormal| stylesummary="verticalRosie Strange is back -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor]]=== [[image:5starrecovering after her last escapade with curator Sam Stone, and figuring out what on earth to do with the Essex Witch Museum she's recently inherited.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] If Rosie had her way she''The Chalk Man'' follows d be selling the museum and heading back to her flat in London - but when her Auntie Babs recommends Rosie and Sam to a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, conjured during one fateful summerlocal businessman, they find themselves embroiled in dark events once again. By the time the new term begins, friendships will be fracturedSomething is wrong at Le Fleur Restaurant - blood leaking from chandeliers, scrawled messages in the rooms and a girl will be deadapparitions walking through the walls. But who is the killer; is it The Chalk Man, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer Before Rosie and Sam can start to home? Thirty years laterlook into these possibly supernatural occurrences though, Ed has tried to forget about that summer, about all events take an even darker turn when a very real body is found in the restaurant - and the poisoned, sinister memories of The Chalk Man. However, someone seems determined not to let him and when the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare of the summer of 1986, populated by fairs, ra-ra skirts and death. Driven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, the reader cannot help but wonder; who is The Chalk Man, and will he ever let Ed go? [[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Jester -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jester_Forever.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1510704361]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fasntasy]] Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. We follow Michael, a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a stoner in the records department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat. [[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|Full Review]] <!-- Aaronovitch -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Aaronovitvch_Furthest.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473222427?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1473222427]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] When local police find something weird - spectres scaring commuters on a particular part of the Metropolitan Line, for example - they call for PC Peter Grant of the Special Assessment Unit, also known as The Folly. Stray river gods, missing Victorian children, fleeting 18th century dispatch riders, they are all in a day's (or a night's) work for The Folly team, even if the team only has two official members and the filing system dates back 2 centuries. He may spend time pursuing supernatural offenders, but Constable Grant is a nicely wry and recognisable copper; health and safety rules annoy him and he is inclined to trust his hunches and park outside Chinese take-aways in the hope of a free meal. [[The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch|Full Review]] <!-- Moore -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moore_Strange.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178607205X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178607205X]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2) by Syd Moore]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Rosie Strange is back - recovering after her last escapade with curator Sam Stone, and figuring out what on earth to do with the Essex Witch Museum she's recently inherited. If Rosie had her way she'd be selling the museum and heading back to her flat in London - but when her Auntie Babs recommends Rosie and Sam to a local businessman, they find themselves embroiled in dark events once again. Something is wrong at Le Fleur Restaurant - blood leaking from chandeliers, scrawled messages in the rooms and apparitions walking through the walls. Before Rosie and Sam can start to look into these possibly supernatural occurrences though, events take an even darker turn when a very real body is found in the restaurant - and the owner's daughter swears that a ghost was to blame... [[Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2) by Syd Moore|Full Review]] <!-- Parkin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Parkin_Winter.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785079034/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Winter's Child by Cassandra Parkin]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] ''A modern Gothic tale of twisted love, secrets and hauntings'' it says on the cover. I'll go along with that. Suzannah Harper doesn't believe in life after death or gypsies being able to tell the future, but that hasn't stopped her spending a fortune on psychics and fortune tellers in the desperate hunt for her son. Joel has been missing for five years. He skipped out of school one day after an argument at home and has not been seen since. [[The Winter's Child by Cassandra Parkin|Full Review]] <!-- Singh -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Singh_Silver.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473217571/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Silver Silence A Psy-Changling Trinity Novel by Nalini Singh]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Jump straight into owner's daughter swears that a rich and diverse universe at this designated jumping on point. Visit a world of humans, changelings and Psy. The world the books have set in has faced a dramatic change and a new world-order of peace has been declaredghost was to blame.. The peace is painful and not universally loved. Into this world a bear falls in love with an emotionless Psy – how'd ya reckon it'll turn out? [[Silver Silence A Psy-Changling Trinity Novel by Nalini Singh|Full Review]]}}
