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    Sarah Waters · standalone novel · 2009

    Set in british isles and countryside & village.

    “The stress of reconciling the state of their finances with the familial responsibility of keeping the estate coincides with perplexing events which may or may not be of supernatural origin, culminating in tragedy.”

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    Shirley Jackson · standalone novel · 1962

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    John Farris · standalone novel · 1967

    Horror.

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    Shirley Jackson · standalone novel · 1959

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    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1958

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