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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=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.
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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->1785032461|title=The Girl at the Window<!-- |author=Rowan Coleman -->|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Paranormal|[[image:1785032461.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032461/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Girl at Trudy Heaton is going home, to a house where her roots burrow back through the Window by Rowan Coleman]]=== [[image:5starcenturies and to a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Home, her refuge, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Trudy Heaton is going homePonden Hall, to a house where her roots burrow back through the centuries she can heal herself and try to a mother she hasn't spoken come to for sixteen years. Home, her refuge, Ponden Hall, where she can heal herself and try to come to terms with the traumatic loss terms with the traumatic loss of her husband. She needs to build bridges with her mother and convince her grieving son that his father is dead. Where better than the house full of light and shadow, that nurtured her throughout her childhood? [[The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=1471407764|title=The Twisted Tree<!-- |author=Rachel Burge -->|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Paranormal|[[image:1471407764.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwMartha's world has changed.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471407764/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge]]=== [[image:5starBlind in one eye after falling from a tree, she wakes with a disturbing gift. She can read people through their clothes, secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want, and knowledge she doesn't understand.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]She flees to her grandmother, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] MarthaMormor's world has changed. Blind in cabin, seeking answers no one eye after falling from a treeis prepared to give, she wakes with a disturbing giftand stumbles into world of menace. She can read people through their clothes, secrets tumble from the weave, revealing insights she doesn't really want, and knowledge she doesn't understand}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1492687863|title=Bellewether |author=Susanna Kearsley|rating=4. She flees to her grandmother5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Flitting between the present day and mid-16thcentury, Mormor's cabin, seeking answers no one is prepared to give, 'Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and stumbles into world of menaceall its inhabitants. [[The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge|Full Review]] <!-- Kearsley -->|-| style=''width: 10%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; verticala tale that ends in a tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydia, and a French-align: top; textCanadian lieutenant, Jean-align: center;''|[[image:1492687863Philippe who was sent to live there.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1492687863/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThe perspective of the book is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia and Jean-21]] | style=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1473203287|title=Summerland |author=[[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley]]==Hannu Rajaniemi|rating=4|genre=Paranormal[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Flitting between Imagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to. After the discovery of the present day and mid 16thcenturyafterlife, ''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland, the Big Smoke for the Wilde House and all its inhabitantsrecently deceased. In 1938 the present tense aspects, the Wilde House is being turned into British Empire is caught up in a race against Soviet spies and dealing with a museum due to mole buried deep in the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wildeheart of Summerland. It is told from the perspective of CharleyWhen Rachel White, an ambitious SIS agent, becomes suspicious about the museum curator, who potential rogue agent, she must decide how far she is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house willing to go and their story; a tale that ends in tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydiahow much she is willing to risk to uncover the truth.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1472235878|title=A Gathering of Ghosts|author=Karen Maitland|rating=5|genre=Paranormal|summary=Witchcraft, the supernatural and the will to survive at all costs collide in a French-Canadian lieutenant, Jean-Philippe who was sent to live therestory that never shies away from the darker side of human nature. The perspective of the book land is continuously shifted between Charleyunhappy, then Lydia the old spirits want revenge and Jean-Philippe. The latter two tell famine is kindling a resurgence of the truth about what was happening during this chaotic time in historyold faith. As fear rises, just as Charley is beginning it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to unravel it herselfignore 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. [[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley|Full Review]]}}<!-- Rajaniemi -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1472234782| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Story Keeper|author=Anna Mazzola[[image:1473203287.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473203287/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Paranormal| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dystopian Fiction|Dystopian Fiction]]Audrey, a complex mix of flights of fancy and seriousness, wanting, [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]]needing, [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Imagine a world in which death was no longer something to fear but something to aspire to. After discovery be more than what everyone expects of the afterlifeher, escapes from the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerlandstraightjacket of her home. Where every action, the Big Smoke for the recently deceased. In 1938 the British Empire every thought, every yearning is caught up controlled by her father, who only once in a race against Soviet spies his life threw caution to the wind and dealing with married way beneath him for love. Now a mole buried deep in the heart of Summerland. When Rachel Whitewidower and remarried, he has rigorously returned to upholding what is right, an ambitious SIS agentwhat is proper, becomes suspicious about the potential rogue agent, she must decide how far she bastion of doing what is willing to go and how much she is willing to risk to uncover the truthexpected. [[Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi|Full Review]]}}<!-- Maitland -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=0751571229| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|When The Curtain Falls[[image:1472235878.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472235878/ref=nosim?tagCarrie Hope Fletcher|rating=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Paranormal|=summary==[[A Gathering thoroughly, magical and riveting story that hooks you in from the first page and takes you on a roller coaster ride towards the last. Fletcher weaves together a dash of Ghosts by Karen Maitland]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]''Whodunit'' the thrill of romance, (the course of which never runs smoothly, [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Witchcraft, the supernatural ) and an unpredictable ghost. The ghost appears once a year, the will principal star of her very own show, to survive at all costs collide in a story that never shies away from meet with the darker side love of human natureher life and re-enact her death. The land is unhappy, A tragic accident with the old spirits want revenge and famine is kindling a resurgence roots buried deep within the whole array of the old faithhuman nature. As fear risesLove, it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that something rotten has taken root. The sacred well is taintedjoy, care, friendship, its healing waters run red with blood and strangers are blowing in jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on a wind of changecentre stage. [[A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Aaronovitvch_Furthest<!-- Mazolla -->|title=The Furthest Station|-author=Ben Aaronovitch| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|[[image:1472234782.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472234782/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Paranormal| stylesummary="verticalWhen local police find something weird -align: top; textspectres scaring commuters on a particular part of the Metropolitan Line, for example -align: left;"|===[[they call for PC Peter Grant of the Special Assessment Unit, also known as The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola]]=== [[image:5starFolly.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]Stray river gods, [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]missing Victorian children, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Audreyfleeting 18th century dispatch riders, a complex mix of flights of fancy and seriousnessthey are all in a day's (or a night's) work for The Folly team, wanting, needing, to be more than what everyone expects of her, escapes from even if the team only has two official members and the straightjacket of her homefiling system dates back 2 centuries. Where every actionHe may spend time pursuing supernatural offenders, every thought, every yearning but Constable Grant is controlled by her father, who only once in his life threw caution to the wind a nicely wry and recognisable copper; health and married way beneath safety rules annoy him for love. Now a widower and remarried, he has rigorously returned to upholding what is right, what is proper, the bastion he is inclined to trust his hunches and park outside Chinese take-aways in the hope of doing what is expecteda free meal. [[The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Fletcher -->|isbn=Moore_Strange|-title=Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery (Essex Witches Mystery 2)| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Syd Moore|rating=5[[image:0751571229.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751571229/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Paranormal| stylesummary="verticalRosie Strange is back -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When The Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher]]=== [[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:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:WomenIf Rosie had her way she's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] A thoroughly, magical and riveting story that hooks you d be selling the museum and heading back to her flat in from the first page London - but when her Auntie Babs recommends Rosie and takes you on Sam to a roller coaster ride towards the lastlocal businessman, they find themselves embroiled in dark events once again. Fletcher weaves together a dash of ''Whodunit'' the thrill of romanceSomething is wrong at Le Fleur Restaurant - blood leaking from chandeliers, (scrawled messages in the course of which never runs smoothlyrooms and apparitions walking through the walls. Before Rosie and Sam can start to look into these possibly supernatural occurrences though,) and events take an unpredictable ghost. The ghost appears once even darker turn when a year, the principal star of her very own show, to meet with real body is found in the love of her life restaurant - and re-enact her death. A tragic accident with the roots buried deep within the whole array of human nature. Love, joy, care, friendship, jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on centre stage. <!-- 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 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 declaredowner's daughter swears that a ghost 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]]}}
