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The Djinn waits a hundred years / by Khan, Shubnum,author.;
"An ... atmospheric novel about a ruined mansion by the sea, and a young girl who unearths the true story of the tragedy that happened there a hundred years ago ... Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Now, nearly a century since it was built, it stands in ruins-a boardinghouse for misfits, where people come to forget or be forgotten. Seeking a new home after a painful tragedy, Sana and her effusive father are Akbar Manzil's newest residents. There they find a community of eccentrics, each suffering their own losses and likewise searching for something-escape, solace, absolution. As Sana becomes increasingly entwined in their stories, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion itself: to the overgrown garden and its strange assortment of bones; to the eerie and forgotten East Wing, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects; and to a dusty old bedroom, unopened for decades, where she finds faded photographs of Akbar Manzil's first residents and a worn diary with entries she cannot translate. As she explores the mansion's whispering corners, she dredges up its longest resident: a djinn, the only remnant of Akbar Manzil's dark past. With its help, she discovers the story of a young woman named Meena from a hundred years prior, the original owner's second wife, who lived in the East Wing at the height of Akbar Manzil's glory, whose tragic fate is the house's ultimate secret-and whose story is the answer that Sana had been searching for all along."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Boardinghouses; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Family secrets; Fathers and daughters; Haunted houses; Jinn; Mansions; Secrecy; Tragedy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The turn of the key / by Ware, Ruth,author.;
Rowan Caine stumbles across a lucrative job as a live-in nanny for a picture-perfect family in the Scottish Highlands. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration. She knows she's made mistakes, and she admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. She's not innocent, but she maintains she's not guilty, at least not of murder.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Haunted houses; Impersonation; Letters; Secrecy; Home automation; Nannies; Families; Murder; Country homes;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 8
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We used to live here / by Kliewer, Marcus,author.;
"The Turn of the Key meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit-about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Dwellings; Families; Flipping (Real estate investment); Ghosts; Haunted houses; Lesbians; Winter storms;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The house on Prytania / by White, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
"Nola Trenholm may not be psychic herself, but she's spent enough time around people who are to know when ghosts are present, and there are definitely a few lingering spirits in her recently purchased Creole cottage in New Orleans. Something, or someone, is keeping them tethered to this world. And not all of them are benign. But with the sudden return of Sunny Ryan, Beau Ryan's long-lost sister, Nola has plenty to distract her from her ghostly housemates. Especially when the tempting--yet firmly unavailable--Beau, wanting to mete out justice to those he blames for Sunny's kidnapping, asks Nola for a favor that threatens to derail her hard-won recovery and send her hurtling backward. He asks her to welcome Michael Hebert back into her life, even though Michael is the reason for Nola's bruised heart. Beau is convinced that Michael's powerful family was behind Sunny's disappearance and that Michael is the key to getting information the police won't be able to ignore--if Nola is willing to risk everything for which she's worked so hard. Torn between helping Beau and protecting herself, Nola doesn't realize until it's almost too late why the ghosts are haunting her house--a startling revelation that will throw her and Beau together to fight a common enemy. Assuming Nola can get Beau to listen to what the spirits are trying to tell him, because ignoring them could prove to be a fatal mistake ... "--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Dwellings; Haunted houses; Historic buildings; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The house on Prytania [text (large print)] / by White, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
"Nola Trenholm may not be psychic herself, but she's spent enough time around people who are to know when ghosts are present, and there are definitely a few lingering spirits in her recently purchased Creole cottage in New Orleans. Something, or someone, is keeping them tethered to this world. And not all of them are benign. But with the sudden return of Sunny Ryan, Beau Ryan's long-lost sister, Nola has plenty to distract her from her ghostly housemates. Especially when the tempting--yet firmly unavailable--Beau, wanting to mete out justice to those he blames for Sunny's kidnapping, asks Nola for a favor that threatens to derail her hard-won recovery and send her hurtling backward. He asks her to welcome Michael Hebert back into her life, even though Michael is the reason for Nola's bruised heart. Beau is convinced that Michael's powerful family was behind Sunny's disappearance and that Michael is the key to getting information the police won't be able to ignore--if Nola is willing to risk everything for which she's worked so hard. Torn between helping Beau and protecting herself, Nola doesn't realize until it's almost too late why the ghosts are haunting her house--a startling revelation that will throw her and Beau together to fight a common enemy. Assuming Nola can get Beau to listen to what the spirits are trying to tell him, because ignoring them could prove to be a fatal mistake ... "--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Large print books.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Dwellings; Haunted houses; Historic buildings; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mirror / by Roberts, Nora,author.;
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride Trilogy with book two, The Mirror. When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing, are not figments of her imagination. In her dreams she sees glimpses of the past. In the present she finds portraits of brides. And when she has visions of an antique mirror, she is drawn to it, sensing it holds dark family secrets. Then one night the mirror appears and Sonya glides through this looking glass, into the past-and sees a bride murdered on her wedding day, the circle of gold torn from her finger. It is a scene that will play out again and again-a centuries-old curse that must be broken-and a puzzle she must solve if there is any hope of breaking the curse"--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Brides; Family secrets; Haunted houses; Murder; Secrecy; Time travel; Weddings;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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The mirror [sound recording] / by Roberts, Nora,author.; Pressley, Brittany,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Brittany Pressley."#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride Trilogy with book two, The Mirror. When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing, are not figments of her imagination. In her dreams she sees glimpses of the past. In the present she finds portraits of brides. And when she has visions of an antique mirror, she is drawn to it, sensing it holds dark family secrets. Then one night the mirror appears and Sonya glides through this looking glass, into the past-and sees a bride murdered on her wedding day, the circle of gold torn from her finger. It is a scene that will play out again and again-a centuries-old curse that must be broken-and a puzzle she must solve if there is any hope of breaking the curse"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Paranormal fiction.; Romance fiction.; Blessing and cursing; Brides; Family secrets; Haunted houses; Murder; Secrecy; Time travel; Weddings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Luigi's mansion. [electronic resource]. by Nintendo of America Inc.;
Game.Explore multiple haunted mansions with Luigi and his ghost-hunting Poltergust 5000. Progress through diverse missions to retrieve the missing shards of the Dark Moon scattered across several distinct haunted mansions, each with their own puzzles to solve and ghosts to capture. Go for a high rating by using your superpowered ghost-hunting tool, the Poltergust 5000, to suck up ghosts (and window curtains) and blow air to search every nook and cranny of the chilling-yet-charming mansions. This spooky fun adventure, originally released for the Nintendo 3DS™ system, is now visually enhanced in HD on the Nintendo Switch™ system.ESRB Content Rating: E, Everyone (Mild fantasy violence).Cartridge compatible with Nintendo Switch video game system ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; Nintendo Switch Online membership, Nintendo account and internet connection required for online play/features ; Nintendo Switch Pro controller compatible.
Subjects: Action adventure video games.; Video games.; Nintendo video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Platform video games.; Mario, Luigi (Fictitious character); Mario, Mario (Fictitious character); Nintendo Switch (Video game console); Nintendo Switch video games.; Video games.; Plumbers; Haunted houses; Ghosts; Brothers; Luigi's mansion 2 HD (Game);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Winchester [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Clarke, Jason,1969-actor.; McGahan, Tim,film producer.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Snook, Sarah,1987-actor.; Spierig, Michael,film director,screenwriter.; Spierig, Peter,film director,screenwriter.; Tomberlin, Brett,film producer.; Vaughan, Tom,1969-screenwriter.; Lions Gate Films,publisher.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke.Inspired by true events, Winchester is set on an isolated stretch of land outside of San Francisco where there sits the world's most haunted house. Seven stories tall with hundreds of rooms, the house has been under construction for decades. But heiress Sarah Winchester (Oscar® winner* Helen Mirren) is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook), or for the troubled doctor (Jason Clarke) she has summoned. She is building it as an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, disturbing images, drug content, some sexual material and thematic elements.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Winchester, Sarah Pardee, 1837-1922; Winchester family; Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, Calif.); Haunted houses; Heiresses; Poltergeists; Supernatural;
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The book of accidents : a novel / by Wendig, Chuck,author.;
"A new ... literary horror ... about a family returning to their hometown--and to the dark past that haunts them still. Long ago, Nathan Graves lived in a house in the country with his abusive father--and has never told his family what happened in that house. Long ago, Maddie Graves was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn't--and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now Nate and Maddie are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again ... and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own, and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family--and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this fight: their love for each other"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Homecoming; Haunted houses; Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Women sculptors; Empathy; Friendship in adolescence; Accident victims; Good and evil; Serial murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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