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Ghostly mansions

2020
Text and photographs introduce mansions from around the world that are said to be haunted.
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Ghostly mansions

Text and photographs introduce mansions from around the world that are said to be haunted.
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Cari mora

"Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before"Provided by publisher.
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The trespassers

Having trespassed and explored the empty Hutchinson mansion, which seems haunted by the presence of a long-dead young girl, sixth-grader Neely and her little brother become regular visitors when emotionally disturbed Curtis Hutchinson moves in.

Bitter orange

When the hedonistic and glamorous couple of Peter and Cara move into the Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico, the woman living in the upper floors researching the architecture in the mansion's gardens. One day Frances accidentally finds a peephole beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, giving her access into the private lives of her new neighbors. Then, surprisingly, Cara and Peter welcome her into their lives as a friend, but as Frances gets to know the couple it becomes clear that something is off between them, and things spiral out of control leading to a terrible crime that will sear their lives forever.
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Locke & key (one-shot)

Small world
A birthday gift for two little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a monster on eight legs.
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Alone

2017
Seda, sixteen, feels her invisible childhood nemesis, Sawyer, growing stronger just as a group of stranded teens takes shelter from a blizzard in the dilapidated mansion Seda's mother inherited.
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The art of the swap

2018
When twelve-year-olds Hannah and Maggie switch places, Hannah must prevent a famous art theft in 1905 and Maggie must cope with modern life until they can switch back.
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What the dead want

2017
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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Alone

Seda, sixteen, feels her invisible childhood nemesis, Sawyer, growing stronger just as a group of stranded teens takes shelter from a blizzard in the dilapidated mansion Seda's mother inherited.
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