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1) Still life
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain...
2) Final girls
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English
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Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie-scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to -- a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now...
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Publication Date
2023.
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English
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"January 15, 1978, is a night of promise, excitement, and desire. A serial killer's murderous spree in the Pacific Northwest couldn't be further from the minds of the vibrant young women at the top sorority on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee. That night, Pamela Schumacher, president of the sorority, makes the unpopular decision to stay home. Startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she makes the fateful decision to investigate....
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English
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"Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job--working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney--and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn"-- Provided by publisher
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Harper Collins Children's Books
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Anna Kellogg has always felt different. Growing up in Hartwood, New Jersey--where frequent disappearances are attributed to an urban-legend-like beast that dwells in the walled-in swamp at the center of town--can have that effect on people. But for Anna, it's more than that. Since she was a child, she's been plagued by episodes where she sees things others can't see. Feeling different is one thing, but actually being different is another. If it weren't...
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English
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Rebecca Nichols Alonzo recounts the events surrounding her father's murder, describing how a church member who refused to give up control when Robert Nichols took over as pastor tormented and threatened her family, until the night that Rebecca's life was shattered forever.
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby. He grabbed an oak log from a stack of firewood, slipped through a back door with a broken padlock, and headed upstairs. He began twisting doorknobs. Room 9 was open, and he quietly and quickly killed one of my sleeping sorority sisters. Across the hall, he found another unlocked door and murdered again. Then, he turned the knob...
9) The howling
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Severely traumatized by a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer, TV newscaster Karen White takes time off at a secluded retreat called 'the Colony.' But when, after nights of being tormented by bestial, bloodcurdling cries, Karen ventures into the woods seeking answers, she makes a terrifying discovery. Now she must fight not only for her life-- but for her soul!"--Container.
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Hampton Creek Press
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"When is cold-blooded murder justified? New Orleans Detective Nikki Mayeaux has decided it's when a technicality sets a serial rapist free. Jaded and frustrated, this latest injustice brings her to a boiling point. She arrives at the monster's home intending to end his reign of terror, only to find someone else got there first. His throat slit, his lifeless body left in the front seat of his car. Only one person wanted him dead more than her - his...
11) The 24th hour
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Publication Date
2024.
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English
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"SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas gather at one of San Francisco's finest restaurants to celebrate exciting news: Cindy is getting married. Before they can raise their glasses, there's a disturbance in the restaurant. A woman has been assaulted. Claire examines the victim. Lindsay makes an arrest. Yuki takes the case. Cindy covers it. The legal...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.
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English
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A gripping thriller about three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town. For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary sleepover--movies and Ouija and talking about boys. But when they decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of town, little do they know that their innocent games will have dangerous consequences. Later...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
587 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn't kill. Hoskins cracked the case -- and then it cracked him. Sammie, the reporter who broke the story, is selling makeup at the mall. The unsuspecting wife claims she didn't know a thing. And as new murders shake Denver, this is a final chance to get their lives back.
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Called Writers Christian Publishing, LLC
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"In 2019, Landen Hoffmann was thrown from the third-floor balcony of the largest mall in America--a 39-foot drop onto a concrete foundation. Medical professionals who happened to be at that exact place at that exact time found Landen lifeless--no breathing and no pulse. However Landen's mother, Kari Hoffmann, immediately began praying and pleading for everyone in the mall to pray for her son. What happened next was a series of breathtaking, science-defying...
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English
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"Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would...
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Publication Date
[2019]
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English
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"The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul....
18) The brave one
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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New York City radio host Erica Bain is working and living a wonderful life. One night she and her fiancé, David, are brutally attacked. David is killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. Erica is traumatized and in order to cope and work past the tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men who were responsible for the attack. Late one night, Erica is in...
19) Goat
Publisher
Paramount
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer, nineteen-year-old Brad Land starts college determined to get his life back to normal. His brother, Brett, is already established on campus and in a fraternity that allures Brad, who is desperate to belong. As he sets out to join the fraternity, his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to divide them. The stakes violently increase with a series of torturous and humiliating events....
20) Only truth
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Publisher
Scarlet
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after a violent assault she cannot remember left her shattered and scarred. Even though the memory was lost, the nagging feeling that she was damaged goods and the lingering effects of her injuries kept her questioning her sanity at times. Tom, her husband,...









