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21) Sweet water
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's what Sarah Ellsworth dreamed of. Marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Martin. Living in a historic mansion in Pennsylvania's most exclusive borough. And Finn, a teenage son with so much promise. Until...A call for help in the middle of the night leads Sarah and Martin to the woods, where they find Finn, injured, dazed, and weeping near his girlfriend's dead body. Convinced he's innocent, Sarah and Martin agree to protect their son at any cost...
24) The murder house
Author
Language
English
Description
"No. 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multimillion-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior hides a horrific past: it was the scene of a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty, and rumored to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance. Detective Jenna Murphy used to consider herself a local, but she hasn't been...
25) Country plot
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Jenna's life is perfect . . . perfect chaos! One lousy Monday, Jenna loses her gorgeous job, her even more gorgeous boyfriend, and her home. In an attempt to put aside her personal woes, Jenna goes to catalogue books for an elderly cousin, Kitty ...
Author
Language
English
Description
What's so perfect about the past for Sybil and Blake Gregory, a successful Manhattan couple with three children who land in San Francisco when Blake impulsively accepts the job of a lifetime as CEO of a start-up? The family moves into a grand, surprisingly affordable Pacific Heights mansion and soon meets the affable Butterfield family, who lived there a century ago. Of course the Butterfields are ghosts, and only the Gregorys can see them, but that...
28) Mrs. God
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When Professor William Standish receives the rare honor of an Esswood Fellowship, and the chance to study private manuscripts at close hand, he is thrilled beyond his wildest ambitions. But upon arriving, something seems slightly strange at Esswood House. He hears faint laughter in the halls, the pitter-pattering of small feet in the night; strange faces appear in the windows of the library, and of course, there are those giant dollhouses in the basement......
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Sam and Asha. Asha and Sam. Their friendship is so long established, they take it for granted. Just as Asha takes for granted that Donnybrooke, the mansion that sits on the highest hill in Coreville, is the best house in town. But when Sam is accepted into snobbish Castleton Academy as an autistic 'Miracle Boy,' he leaves Asha, who is also autistic, to navigate middle school alone. He also leaves her wondering if she can take anything for granted...
Author
Series
Magnolia brides volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Jenni Beth Beaumont has a dream. She leaves her career as a wedding planner in Savannah for the small Southern hometown whose glory days are long past. She is determined to breathe new life not only into her family's once beautiful antebellum mansion, but also into the town itself. And so she sets out to create a premier wedding destination the likes of which this small down can't even begin to envision, and few want. But Cole Bryson can...and it's...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Clara Starling lives a life of dull rules, deadly routine, and flavorless meals under her cold uncle's strict regime--until the day Uncle disappears, leaving Clara alone in his old mansion. When streetwise orphan Peter and his rescue cat arrive unexpectedly, the children seize the chance to live by their own rules. But when the pair's wild romps through the halls of Braithwaite Manor reveal a single, worn ballet slipper, they are hurled into a mystery...
Series
Creepy Cat volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Flora moves into a mysterious mansion and finds it inhabited by a strange creature--Creepy Cat! Thus begins her strange and sometimes dangerous life with a feline roommate. This Gothic comedy brings the chuckles...and the chills!"-- cover page 4.
34) The marvelous
Author
Publisher
A Swoon Reads Book, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule. After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an...
Series
Creepy Cat volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Catastrophe looms in the gloom! Flora has settled into her haunted mansion with the increasingly bizarre and mischievous Creepy Cat! It s a nice life, if she can keep it, but what will Flora do when sneaky assassins come for her? Will she end up as one more ghost in her own house, or will Creepy Cat out-prowl and out-swat those bad boys? The scary-cute adventure continues!"-- cover page 4.
Publisher
FilmDistrict
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Language
English
Description
Sally Hurst is going to Rhode Island to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in the nineteenth-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the estate, Sally finds a hidden basement and accidentally lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house's bottomless depths. Before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all, Sally must convince Alex and Kim that it's...
Series
Creepy Cat volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A most peculiar pet Now that she's all moved in to the mysterious mansion, Flora discovers Creepy Cat's incredible secret! What will become of Flora's dreams and loves? Nothing goo, probably! Mayhem abounds in the second volume of this scary-cute Gothic comedy!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Language
Español
Description
"Locke & Key habla de Keyhouse, una mansi̤n ins̤lita de Nueva Inglaterra, con puertas fant̀sticas que transforman a todos los que se atreven a atravesarlas, y el hogar de una criatura implacable y llena de odio que no descansar̀ hasta que abra la puerta m̀s terrible de todos ellos "-
"Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them, and home to a hate-filled...
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera...
40) Colonial madness
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tori Porter and her mother, fun-loving best friends, compete against other relatives in hopes of inheriting a fortune from eccentric Great Aunt Muriel by spending two weeks in a colonial mansion, with no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests.
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