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"When six-year-old Beatrice Willoughby vanished at the Amadeuses' annual All Hallows Eve party, people in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore were quick to whisper: They were always odd. Their house is full of dark magic. And when Mort Amadeus was pegged for the crime, the Amadeuses, once the center of society, retreated. They closed their doors, disappeared from life. People almost forgot. Until thirteen years later, when six envelopes land at the doorstep of six households in town: We cordially invite you to a celebration on the 31st of October this Saturday evening at the Amadeus household. So begins the mystery of who was really responsible for the missing girl thirteen years ago. Was it Duchess von Pelt, whose face no one has ever seen? Mrs. Raven, the keeper of the local inn? Wormwood, the Amadeuses' mysterious caretaker? Dr. Foozle, the town pharmacist? Count Baines, who seems to know when unlucky things are about to happen? Judge Ophelius, who presided over Beatrice's case originally? Mr. and Mrs. H, a couple who no one can ever quite remember? Or somehow, might precocious, eleven-year- old Dewey and his storytelling dad, Chaucer, be somehow mixed up in all this? The guests must work together to identify the guilty party among them over the course of the evening--but beware the ticking clock, because at midnight, everything is going to change! Told from different perspectives, this is a sly, darkly funny mystery. Filled with strange characters and set in a mansion deep, deep in the woods. G. Z. Schmidt has crafted an unforgettable puzzle, perfect for reading on a dark autumn night" --.

"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!"--Provided by publisher.

"Now that she's all moved in to the mysterious mansion, Flora discovers Creepy Cat's incredible secret! And what will become of Flora's dreams and loves? Nothing good, probably! Mayhem abounds..."--Provided by publisher.

"When Flora inherits a mansion she discovers that it is already inhabited by a large white feline with red eyes that she calls Creepy Cat, and which can multiply itself and change its shape, but what she doesn't know is that it protects her from the more dangerous creatures that also frequent the house"--Provided by publisher.

"A Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier"--Provided by publisher.

"April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne--famous billionaire and terrible cook--is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don't know is that he's not the only one. When a masked figure breaks in, looking for something--or someone--it's clear that Gabriel has met his match, and now no one is safe. April and her friends will have to solve a decades-old mystery in order to hang on to the most important thing in the world: each other"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Halle Thompson dreams of starring in a horror movie someday, so she can't believe her luck when she gets a chance to visit Price Manor, the home of her favorite director Maximus Price. Soon after she arrives, Halle discovers creepy, squid-like creatures have attached themselves to the faces of the manor's staff, putting them in a zombie-like stupor, and although Paisley and Argyle, Maximus's twin children, think it's just another of father's pranks, Halle realizes there's something more sinister going on. The three kids team up to stop these monsters and possibly save the world before it's too late.

"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 elaborate estate-wide game. And she's tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win--at any cost. Told from the perspective of three . . . players--Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel's biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider--this novel will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn't the only thing at stake"--Amazon.

To claim her inheritance, Helen Vaughan must spend one year in her ancestral home, Harrowstone Hall, and with her life and sanity at stake, she must unravel Harrowstone's secrets, an endeavor that forces her to question everything she knows about her family and herself.

On her thirteenth birthday, Amanda Black receives a letter saying she's inherited a mansion and that her family isn't what they seem. When she begins to manifest unexplained powers, Amanda begins training to control them and use them to protect her family's legacy.