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[2016]
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"Inheriting a love of photography, an old camera and countless questions years after the disappearance of her mother, 16-year-old Gretchen returns to a decaying family mansion, where ancestral photos and letters dating back centuries reveal her family's haunted past"--
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[2015]
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"Creepella is about to interview the famouse Hector Spector, who has come to Mysterious Valley with his Galloping Ghost Circus. But before she can, she has a mystery on her paws--someone is playing tricks and making messes all over Cacklefur Castle! Can she put a stop to these ghastly gags?"--P. [4] of cover.
64) Finders keepers
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Pub. Date
c1999
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The beautiful mansion next door is an ever-present reminder of the stable heritage and gracious, old-fashioned ways Ambleside represents. Zachary Chambers is shocked to receive an inheritance from an aunt he barely remembers, even if it is just a decrepit old mansion. Once cleared, the site will be perfect for the architectural firm he's designing. Out with the old, in with the new. That's Zachary's motto. Even as they clash over the fate of Chalmers...
65) Mrs. God
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There was always talk of a hidden secret in Esswood's past, and the Seneschal children were often so pale and sickly, but don't all English manor houses have a few ghost stories to call their own? When Professor William Standish receives the rare honor of an Esswood Fellowship, he is thrilled beyond his wildest ambitions. But something seems slightly off at Esswood House. He hears faint laughter in the halls, the pitter-pattering of small feet in...
66) A will to kill
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"Aging and wheelchair-bound patriarch Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris -a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths; a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman. But Bhaskar has other, more practical problems...
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2022.
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"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...
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2021.
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"From New York Times bestselling author Sheila Connolly, The Secret Staircase is the third Victorian Village Mystery, which finds Katherine Hamilton discovering a long-dead body on a hidden staircase. Kate Hamilton is feeling good about her plans to recreate Asheboro, Maryland as the Victorian town it once was. The town is finally on her side, and the finances are coming together. Even two recent murders aren't enough to discourage her: after she...
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2024.
Description
"With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate on Biscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scandal can change everything....
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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Everyone in Southridge knows about the legend of the Gravemother. They know how to leave offerings by the abandoned house she was supposedly murdered in to pacify her. They know better than to trespass on her property. But not everyone believes in the tale--especially not fourteen-year-old Rhett, who lives around the corner from the old mansion. Then it’s announced that the Gravemother’s place is one of several to be demolished to give way for...
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Pub. Date
2008
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Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, and unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them...and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces the most terrible door of them all...
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 152
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
When Nancy finds a brass key and a safe-deposit receipt in the pocket of the blue satin jacket she bought at a vintage clothing store, she decides to investigate the mystery behind the key.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Maud Drennan is a dedicated caregiver whose sunny disposition masks a deep sadness. A tragic childhood event left her haunted, in the company of a cast of prattling saints who pop in and out of her life like tourists. Cathal Flood is a menace by all accounts. The lone occupant of a Gothic mansion crawling with feral cats, he has been waging war against his son's attempts to put him into an old-age home and sent his last caretaker running for the...
77) 22 Indigo place
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Pub. Date
1991, c1986.
Description
When insurmountable debts force Laura Nolan to put 22 Indigo Place, her ancestral home, on the market, she is shocked when the most promising buyer turns out to be James Paden, the gorgeous class cut-up from her school days.
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[2024]
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"'I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.' So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself...
80) Spooky buddies
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
The irresistible talking puppies go to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on. In a race against a no good hound, the Buddies and their new friends, Pip, Zelda, Rodney, and Skip, must stop Warwick the Warlock, and save the world from his dastardly deeds.