The House on Hound Hill

The House on Hound Hill
Author: Maggie Prince
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780618331246

Soon after she, her mother, and her younger brother move into an old house in an area once known as Beggarsgate, sixteen-year-old Emily begins to have terrifyingly real visions of seventeenth-century London devastated by the plague.

Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House

Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
Author: Janet Hill
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1770499253

After moving to a seemingly quaint and quiet new town, Lucy faces a new reality in which fairies exist, weather can be bottled and witches hold grudges. Accompanied by gorgeous color paintings, this novel is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Hazel Wood and Gregory Maguire. It has been a year since Lucy Crisp graduated from high school and she still hasn't found her calling. That is, until she discovers an exclusive arts college called Ladywyck Lodge. On a whim, she applies and is thrilled to be accepted into their program. Lucy moves to Esther Wren, the charming little town where it's based, and stays in the house her father buys as an investment: a magnificent building built by a sea captain in 1876. The house has history and personality --perhaps too much personality. . . Strange things start happening: Lucy hears voices and footsteps in empty rooms. She sees people and things that should not be there. Furniture disappears and elaborate desserts appear. What's worse is that the strange events are not restricted to her house. Lucy begins to understand that the town and its inhabitants are hiding many secrets, and Ladywyck is at the heart. As the eerie happenings escalate, Lucy fears she is being threatened -- but she is determined not to let fairy potions, spells and talk of witchcraft scare her away. Janet Hill's enchanting debut novel is part mystery, part supernatural thriller and all fun.

The Secret of Cold Hill

The Secret of Cold Hill
Author: Peter James
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509816267

From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes The Secret of Cold Hill. The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house’s history, and a new era has begun. Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason and Emily Danes, this is their forever home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive and it’s only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes. There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in Cold Hill House and no one has ever truly left . . .

The Light on Hogback Hill

The Light on Hogback Hill
Author: Cynthia Defelice
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1995-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0380723956

When she investigates the mysterious light up on Hogback Hill, eleven-year-old Hadley finds and befriends a hunchbacked old woman with a tragic past.

The House on Parchment Street

The House on Parchment Street
Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1991
Genre: England Fiction
ISBN: 9780689714719

While staying with her cousin in England, a young girl helps him find a way of helping the troubled ghosts inhabiting the cellar of the house.

Little Comfort

Little Comfort
Author: Edwin Hill
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496720660

In this brilliantly twisted debut set among Boston’s elite, Edwin Hill delivers a page-turning tale of two missing persons determined to stay that way—at any cost . . . Harvard librarian Hester Thursby knows that even in the digital age, people still need help finding things. Using her research skills, Hester runs a side business tracking down the lost. Her new case is finding the handsome and charismatic Sam Blaine. But Sam has no desire to be found. As a teenager, Sam fled his small New Hampshire town with his friend, Gabe, after a haunting incident. For a dozen years, Sam and Gabe have traveled the country, reinventing themselves as they move from one mark to another. Sam has learned how trusting wealthy people can be—especially the lonely ones—as he expertly manipulates his way into their lives and homes. In Wendy Richards, the beautiful, fabulously rich daughter of one of Boston’s most influential families, he’s found the perfect way to infiltrate the milieu in which he knows he belongs—a world of Brooks Brothers suits, Nantucket summers, and effortless glamour. As Hester’s investigation closes in on their brutal truth, the bond between Sam and Gabe is tested and Hester unknowingly jeopardizes her own safety . . . “An increasingly tense plot and striking characters make this a standout.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Shiloh

Shiloh
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1991-09-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689316143

Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what he can shoot, like some cans lined up on a rail fence. Other times he goes up early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer. But one summer Sunday, Marty comes across something different on the road just past the old Shiloh schoolhouses -- a young beagle -- and the trouble begins. What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it is someone else's dog? When the man who owns him has a gun? This is Marty's problem, and he finds it is one he has to face alone. When his solution gets too big for him to handle, things become more frightening still. Marty puts his courage on the line, and discovers in the process that it is not always easy to separate right from wrong. Sometimes, however, you do almost anything to save a dog.

The Whisperer in Darkness

The Whisperer in Darkness
Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781099596650

The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory.

Buster Midnight's Cafe

Buster Midnight's Cafe
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429903376

May Anna Kovacks was discovered on the dustry streets of Butte, Montana and went on to become a Hollywood star. War, fame, marriage, love, and heartbreak came and went. What never changed was the bond she shared with her two best friends, Effa Commander and Whippy Bird. When scandal, murder, and betrayal made a legend of May Anna, only Effa and Whippy Bird could set the record straight.

Haunted House, Haunted Mouse

Haunted House, Haunted Mouse
Author: Judy Cox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Halloween
ISBN: 9780823425440

When three costumed trick-or-treaters come to Mouse's door, he crawls into one of their candy-filled bags to see what Halloween's all about.