psychological fiction

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Hannibal rising

a novel
2007
Tells the story of the young Hannibal and his sister Mischa Lecter after their parents die during World War II, describing the serial killer's childhood and early adulthood.
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Dracula

Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
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Mary, Mary

FBI agent Alex Cross is assigned to investigate a string of murders where the victims are Hollywood stars.
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Sister Carrie

The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and goes to New York, and when her husband loses his job, goes onstage again; and includes historical context, explanatory notes, excerpts of criticism, discussion questions, and other study tools.
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Heart of darkness

and, The secret sharer
Presents two novels by English writer Joseph Conrad, including "Heart of Darkness, " a story that exposes the European exploitation of Africa, and "The Secret Sharer" which describes the conflict of a captain torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a young officer.
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Dracula

Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

a guide to the novel
Presents Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel about a respected doctor whose experiments change him into a deranged murderer; and contains over 270 SAT vocabulary words and pronunciation guide.
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Cross

Forensic psychologist and single father Alex Cross decides it is time to finally slow down and spend more time with his family, but he is drawn back into a dangerous investigation when his old friend Detective John Sampson asks for his help in tracking a serial rapist and murderer who may be linked to Alex's wife's death thirteen years earlier.
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Angry black white boy, or, The miscegenation of Macon Detornay

a novel
Macon Detornay, a suburban white boy obsessed with black culture, finds himself a celebrity after it is revealed he is the man robbing New York City residents, not the African-American man the city had been hunting for.
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Wildwood Road

Michael and Jillian Dansky become caught up in a nightmare when Michael nods off while driving home from a party and wakes to find he has almost hit a little girl who he drives home to an empty house haunted with stolen childhood memories.
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