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    Houses of StoneNovel

    Barbara Michaels · standalone novel · 1993

    Eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

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    John Dickson Carr · standalone novel · 1957

    Historical mystery.

    “Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”

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    Wilkie Collins · standalone novel · 1857

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    Historical mystery, dark in tone.

    “Edinburgh, 1860s: At the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls, clever orphan Evelyn Todd spins fantastic tales of the lamplighter who passes her window nightly.”

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