by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 6, 2011 | Fantasy, Horror
Publisher’s Summary: “Jack Gabert went to India to serve his Queen. He returned to London a violently changed man, infected with an unnatural sickness that altered his body and warped his mind. Eileen Callaghan left an Irish convent with a revolver and a...
by Peabody Institute Library | Oct 28, 2010 | Fiction, Horror
Judas Coyne, lead singer for a metal band, has been living in semi-retirement on a farm in New York with his young goth girlfriend Georgia. Coyne has a collection of occult and morbid items, so when his assistant asks him if he’d like to buy a dead man’s...
by Peabody Institute Library | Sep 30, 2010 | Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Patron Recommendations, Staff Picks
Harm None ~ M. R. Sellars Rowan Gant, self-proclaimed witch, is brought in to help his best friend, Detective Ben Storm, solve a brutal murder that involves elements of Witchcraft. As the number of horribly gruesome murders grows, Rowan is drawn into relentless...
by Michelle | Apr 26, 2010 | Horror, Local Connection, Mystery
If you like books that take place close to home, we’ll give you a heads-up on titles you may want to check out with Read This’ new Local Connection feature. This time we’ve found one for all of you horror/police procedural fans: Alexandra...
by kimb8 | May 13, 2009 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Literature, Paranormal, Romance
Funny, cute, totally different, with a bit of the bizarre thrown in, this is how I’ve been describing this book to friends. If you’re expecting a complete re-telling of Ms Austen’s classic, you will be disappointed. The author has instead kept much...
by kimb8 | May 6, 2009 | Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
In this latest entry of the Dresden series, Harry winds up helping Morgan of all people, prove his innocence of murdering a White Council member. I’ve been looking forward to reading this as soon as I heard that Morgan would be coming to Harry for assistance. In...
