psychological fiction

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Shotgun lovesongs

a novel
Three brothers return home to their small town of Little Wing, Wisconsin, for a wedding and to reunite with another brother who stayed to farm their land, and, while there, they learn about the true meaning of adult friendship and love.

Summer light

2002
Single mom and wedding planner May Taylor, guided by the psychic visions of her five-year-old daughter, Kylie, falls in love with professional hockey player and sports legend Martin Cartier, not knowing Martin is hiding a core of rage, heartache, and isolation that threatens their future.

The secret sharer

1997
Contains the text of Conrad's 1912 short story about a young captain who is confronted with a dangerous secret; and includes five critical essays, biographical and historical notes, and a glossary.

The garden of last days

a novel
2008
In early September of 2001, April is forced to bring her four-year-old daughter, Franny, with her to work at a strip club after her regular babysitter is hospitalized from a panic attack, but when Franny wanders out of the club and disappears, Bassam, a rich foreign client, and a man named AJ, who was thrown out of the club earlier, both become suspects.

Flesh and blood

a Alex Delaware novel
2008
Psychologist-detective Alex Delaware probes into the dark life of Lauren Teague, a young woman he treated years earlier when she was a troubled teenager, whose corpse has been found dumped in an alley.

Death in Venice

a new translation, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
1994
Presents the text and criticism of Thomas Mann's classic novella, and includes the author's working notes translated into English, selections from Mann's essays and letters, and period maps of Munich, Venice, and the Lido.

The red badge of courage

and the veteran
2004
Presents Stephen Crane's classic novel about Henry Flemming, a young Civil War Union soldier who experiences his first battle and then has to come to terms with his own fears and feelings of cowardice.

Anthem

2010
Set in a future world, one man defies the ideals of collectivism, makes his own decisions and personal choices, seeks knowledge, and ultimately becomes a target for death.

No one is talking about this

An unnamed social media star travels the world meeting and responding to her fans in a digitally constructed world she refers to as the portal. When real-life trauma calls her back home to aid her younger sister in Ohio, she confronts the realities between both worlds to figure out a way they can coexist.

The girl from Widow Hills

a novel
Arden Maynor suffered a childhood trauma: she was six years old when she was swept away in a storm while sleepwalking. She was the girl from Widow Hills who was miraculously found. After her mother wrote a book about the incident, fans and stalkers arrived. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name to Olivia Meyer and disappeared. However, now, as the twentieth anniversary of the rescue nears, she feels she's being watched and starts sleepwalking again. Then one night she wakes in her yard with the corpse of a man she knew from her old life at her feet. Her past has found her and this time, Olivia can't run away.

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