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Books From The Backlog #73 ~ You Let Me In

Posted: May 19, 2022 in horror, thriller
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You Let Me In

by Camilla Bruce

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Genre: Horror / Thriller

Synopsis

I wanted someone to know, you see. To know my truth, now that I am gone. How everything and none of it happened.

Everyone knew bestselling novelist Cassandra Tipp had twice got away with murder.

Even her family were convinced of her guilt.

So when she disappears, leaving only a long letter behind, they can but suspect that her conscience finally killed her.

But the letter is not what anyone expected. It tells two chilling, darkly disturbing stories. One is a story of bloody nights and magical gifts, of children lost to the woods, of husbands made from twigs and leaves and feathers and bones . . .

The other is the story of a little girl who was cruelly treated and grew up crooked in the shadows . . .

But which story is true? And where is Cassie now?

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I bought this back in March 2020.

This one sounds so me. And what a stunning cover!

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The above cover is the one I own. Here are some alternative covers.

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Which do you like the most?

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Books From The Backlog #72 ~ There Are No Monsters

Posted: May 12, 2022 in horror
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There Are No Monsters

by Sebastian Leyendecker

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Genre: Horror

Synopsis

Creature horror unlike any you have ever read . . .

Book I of The Nocturne Society

There are no monsters. Not anymore. Nobody knows that better than the leftovers of The Nocturne Society. After all, they disbanded their society thirty years ago because they believed their work was done.

After decades of inactivity, the aging hunter Brockmann is called back into action when he faces something he had considered impossible. An inhuman creature of unnatural origin has appeared at a murder scene. To stop the unspeakable horror the creature spreads through the harbor city of Hamburg, he must team up with a young man who couldn’t be more different.

The first book of The Nocturne Society drags readers right into the world of the long-disbanded secret society, where the supernatural inhabitants of our world are considered to be long extinct. But are they really gone?

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I bought this back in February 2021.

The creepy cover hooked me right away. Then the Lovecraftian theme sealed the deal.

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The above cover is the one I own.

Here’s another awesome cover.

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Which do you like more?

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I also grabbed the second book.

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Another wicked cover!

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Books From The Backlog #69 ~ Baytown Salvage

Posted: July 8, 2021 in horror
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Baytown Salvage

by Mark Wheaton

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Genre: Horror

Synopsis

Wyatt Stoke had just about pissed his life away by the time he hit forty. When his uncle died, he suddenly found himself inheriting a rundown house in Baytown, Texas, an equally rundown salvage tugboat (the Yemanjá), and the scrappiest rag tag crew of small-time crooks and addicts that ever yanked a sunken yacht off a Galveston shoal.

But during a salvage and rescue job on a container ship that’s burning out of control in the Houston Ship Channel, Wyatt and his first mate come across a pair of corpses they were not meant to find. Within twenty-four hours, Wyatt finds himself and his crew in the crosshairs of Louisiana drug runners, corrupt law enforcement officials, and an FBI investigation into just what happened on that burning boat.

Dodging bullets, sharks, mercenaries, oil platform explosions, and drug-addled Cajuns, Wyatt and his crew have to criss-cross the Gulf on the surface and the seafloor itself to uncover a smuggling operation that’s processing fuel for one of the worst terrorist armies in modern history.

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I added this back in January 2018.

I’ve really enjoyed some of Mark’s other books and this one sounds action packed.

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Books From The Backlog #14 ~ Six Of Crows

Posted: July 11, 2019 in YA Fantasy
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Six Of Crows

Six Of Crows #1

  by Leigh Bardugo

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Genre: YA / Fantasy

Synopsis

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . .

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

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I added this book back in September of 2015. I shared it today to make sure I finally pull it off the shelf and read it to see what I’ve been missing!

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Books From The Backlog #13 ~ Creatures Of The Storm

Posted: July 4, 2019 in horror
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Creatures Of The Storm

The Rain Triptych #1

  by Brad Munson

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Genre: Horror

Synopsis

It hardly ever rains in Dos Hermanos. Not until one day, when the skies open up and it beings to pour–and it just won’t stop.

For the first twenty-four hours, the 3,721 citizens of Dos Hermanos will struggle to stay alive. Then things begin to appear out of the storm. They are eyeless, skinless, razor-edged creatures in a thousand different shapes–some as small as a tumor, some as large as a house. They share only two things–a boundless hatred of humanity and an endless, unquenchable thirst. Few will survive.

But a handful of extraordinary people will fight these monsters:
Ken Mackie, a software genius with a broken spirit.
Rose, his bitter, street-smart daughter.
Lucy Armbruster, a slightly mad scientist who may be the only one who knows what’s really happening.
Michael Steinberg, a man who gladly abandons his humanity to become something more and something far worse.

Who will live? Who will die? And who will learn the secrets of the Rain?

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I added this book back in August of 2015. It’s got creatures so how could I resist! LOL

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Books From The Backlog #12 ~ The Game Warden Of Black Swamp

Posted: June 13, 2019 in Fantasy, horror
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The Game Warden Of Black Swamp

The Game Warden Chronicles #1

  by Quentin Wallace

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Genre: Horror / Fantasy

Synopsis

The Black Swamp. Some say it’s haunted. Others say it’s the gateway to Hell. Only a few have ever seen it and survived. For hundreds of years, the denizens of the swamp have preyed upon the unsuspecting.

Enter former Navy SEAL Shade Channing, who, in a strange twist of fate, finds himself employed as the game warden of the infamous Black Swamp. Instead of managing wildlife, Shade finds himself fighting a horde of creatures straight out of mankind’s darkest nightmares. Mentored by fellow warden, Native American Shaman Waya Firehat, Shade must learn how to battle them all.

When Waya’s daughter is taken hostage by bank robbers that escape into the swamp, Shade and Waya find themselves in a race against time-and the monsters of the swamp-to find her.

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I added this book back in February of 2015 and I can’t believe I haven’t read it yet. Going to fix that soon!

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Books From The Backlog #11 ~ Celeste Files: Unlocked

Posted: June 6, 2019 in Paranormal or fantasy, Romance, suspense
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Celeste Files: Unlocked

Psychic CORE #1

  by Kristine Mason

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Genre: Paranormal / Suspense / Romance

Synopsis

Some secrets should remain locked in the past…

Celeste Kain hasn’t had a psychic vision in two years. After being brutally attacked while helping criminal investigation agency CORE stop a serial killer, her mind repressed her clairvoyant abilities. Married to CORE agent, John Kain, mother to their toddler, Olivia, and owner of an up-and-coming bakery, Celeste has been doing fine psychic-free. Only now the dead are using her body to tell their stories again…putting her new life and family at risk.

Haunted by a murdered woman, Celeste turns to a psychic mentor to learn how to control her gift, protect her family and bring justice to the dead. But the more she digs into the dead woman’s past, the further she slips into the unknown, unlocking secrets literally worth killing for. As the body count rises, it becomes clear: someone in the dead woman’s family is deeply, violently wrong. And Celeste needs to be careful, before she loses something more precious to her than her life.

Celeste Risinski, the heroine of Shadow of Danger (Book 1 CORE Shadow Trilogy), is back with her own series. Join her as she learns how to deal with being a wife, mom, baker and…psychic investigator.

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I added this book back in June of 2015 and I own a copy. Kristine always writes such fabulous characters and I’ve loved several of her books. I plan to read my way through all of them.

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Books From The Backlog #10 ~ Haven, Kansas

Posted: May 30, 2019 in horror, YA
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Haven, Kansas

  by Alethea Kontis

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Genre: YA Horror

Synopsis

Never reap a harvest sown with blood.

150 years ago, in Haven, Kansas, a witch was burned at the stake. This October, in Haven, Kansas, a boy plays a prank on his big sister. Suddenly, crows fill the skies, a female scarecrow plagues the town, and teenagers are dying left and right. Amidst the violence, strange things keep happening. Lora Townsend discovers a secret room behind the wall of her bedroom, in which a dark and foul Book of Shadows has been hiding for over a century. The book belonged to an ancestor who documented the spells and stories of the strange woman he loved…a woman the town later killed for practicing witchcraft.

There are whispers on the wind. The death toll is rising. And Lora and her family seem to be the center of it all. They must call upon Lora’s small knowledge of magic to help them. Will they be able to take the town back from the witch, and can they manage it without losing their lives in the process?

Lois Duncan meets Joss Whedon in this literary slasher for the twenty-first century!

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I added this book back in November of 2016 and I own a copy. It’s been ab it since I read a story about witches and this one sounds chilling.

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Books From The Backlog #8 ~ Monsters

Posted: May 2, 2019 in thriller, Uncategorized
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Monsters

  by Gareth S. Young

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Genre: Psychological Thriller

Synopsis

MONSTERS Doyle Godwin works nights as a Private Investigator in the small town of Gabriel’s Horn. He has learned how to hide his twisted, giant frame in the dark, avoiding the cruel eyes and taunts of the locals as he ekes out a living tracking down adulterers and other night-dwellers, living vicariously through the images he captures on camera. Lurking in the shadows, he is content with his world until, one day, the only woman he ever loved walks into his office and hires him to find her missing daughter. Emmy Watson is losing hope. After three long weeks, her daughter Scarlett remains missing and the FBI have slowly removed themselves from the search, leaving an impotent Sheriff’s department no closer to solving the kidnapping. Her heart broken and her nerves frayed to their ends she hires Doyle, Sheriff Reid’s main suspect, forcing the town’s Boogieman out into the daylight. Sheriff Emerson Watts has discovered a body beneath Mt Rainier’s watchful gaze. An ex-FBI agent with a once bright future, he sifts through the detritus of the murder scene and realizes there might be a connection between his case and the missing girl in Gabriel’s Horn. Trying to meet with Sheriff Reid, he instead bumps into the deformed detective and triggers an avalanche which threatens to swallow them all up. MONSTERS is a dark, complex, character driven psychological thriller.

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The synopsis sure is mysterious and I’m very curious what the story is all about. Can’t wait to meet these characters.

I added this book back in July of 2017 and I own a copy. I’ve now added it to my current reading list and hope to get to it soon.

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Books From The Backlog #7 ~ The Vineyard

Posted: April 18, 2019 in fiction
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The Vineyard

  by Michael Hurley

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Genre: Fiction

Synopsis

Ten years after their college days together, three wounded and very different women reunite for a summer on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. As they come to grips with the challenges and crises in their lives, their encounter with a reclusive poacher, known only as “the fisherman,” threatens to change everything they believe about their world-and each other.

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The synopsis is brief and mysterious and I’m very curious what the story is all about.

I added this book back in November of 2014 and I own a copy. I’ve now added it to my current reading list and hope to get to it soon.

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