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series3 books1975

Horror, dark in tone, about vampires, set in our world.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Whisper HollowSeries

series3 books2015

Urban fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Fifteen years ago, Kerris ran away from her hometown.”
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Start with Autumn Thorns →

The Lost Bride TrilogySeries

series3 books2023

Fantasy and gothic, about curses and family secrets.

“Inheritance opens Nora Roberts's Lost Bride trilogy, following a woman who inherits a Maine house entangled with a generations-old family curse and the restless spirit of a bride who never got to live in it.”
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Start with Inheritance →

Harvest HomeNovel

Thomas Tryonstandalone novel1973

Horror, dark and tense in tone, about family secrets.

“A family tries to get out of the City and finds the perfect home for their young daughter complete with folk remedies for her allergies and sensitivities in the local wisewoman.”
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GraveminderSeries

series6 books2011

Set in contemporary.

“When the ritual isn't performed correctly, the dead rise, drawing Rebekkah into a web of secrets alongside Byron Montgomery, the town's Undertaker and her old love interest.”
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Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Fantasy.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

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