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The Lace ReaderNovel

Brunonia Barrystandalone novel2007

Literary & general, set in north america.

“A crucial plot device is the Ipswich lace that the protagonist's family would make.”
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Prince of DarknessNovel

Barbara Michaelsstandalone novel1969

Horror and gothic, set in north america.

“A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a visitor from abroad with a mysterious purpose.”
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Merrily WatkinsSeries

series16 books1998

completed

About faith and religion and murder investigation, set in british isles.

“‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak.”
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Start with The Wine of Angels →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Fantasy, set in north america.

“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 →

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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Start with Graveminder →

The Land of LaughsNovel

Jonathan Carrollstandalone novel1980

Fantasy, about books and reading and identity, set in north america.

“WorldCat: Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner.”
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