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Read This Next – Haunted Places

Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page … More

books, ghosts, gothic, haunted, Horror, suspense

Forbidden by Eve Bunting

While I normally don’t read much young adult fiction, the cover of this book kept catching my eye so when … More

Eve Bunting, Forbidden, gothic, mystery, Young Adult

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is one of the world’s bestselling novelists thanks to her 66 detective novels. According to her website, she … More

Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None, books into films, books into movies, classic, England, gothic, historical, mystery

The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim by Shane Peacock

What would you do if all the imaginary horrors of the world weren’t imaginary at all? Such is the world … More

Dark Missions of Edgar Brim, gothic, historical, Horror, Shane Peacock, Victorian literature

The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I came across an article, recently, about the best libraries in literature: a list that could not fail to include … More

adventure, Barcelona, Booksellers, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Destiny, Fire, gothic, historical, libraries, love, mystery, Novels, Paris, romance, secrets, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Writing

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

During a boyhood competition with his slingshot, William Bellman kills a crow and by doing so, unknowingly, sets the course … More

crows, Diane Setterfield, gothic, historical, mystery, supernatural, victorian

Kate Morton

Morton is a compelling author, a little cumbersome at times, but she’ll keep you enthralled until the end. Described as … More

Aristocracy, Australia, Castles, England, gothic, historical, Kate Morton, mystery, relationships, secrets, The Blitz

A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Schiltz

A Drowned Maiden’s Hair starts with Maud Flynn’s improbable adoption by the maiden Misses Hawthorne (Hyacinth, Judith and Victoria). She … More

Coming of age, family, gothic, historical, juvenile, Laura Schiltz, orphans, spiritualism, Young Adult

The Goods that is Joe Hill

If you have yet to read any of Joe Hill’s works you are definitely missing out.  I have read two … More

contemporary, gothic, Horror, Joe Hill, supernatural, United States

Peter Straub and the Goods

In need of a really good suspenseful piece of fiction, well then  I have the books for you.  Peter Straub … More

gothic, Horror, murder, Peter Straub, trilogy, war

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