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From the "Queen of the American gothics": In turn-of-the-century New York, a strange inheritance lures a vulnerable governess into a trap (The New York Times). Camilla King knows little of her family history, having never met her estranged relatives. Her late father wanted it that way. But when she receives a startling invitation from her immeasurably wealthy and ailing grandfather, Orrin Judd, to return to Thunder Heights, the crumbling mansion on...
3) Rainsong
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In a secluded home on Long Island, a musician's mysterious suicide haunts his terrified wife, in this novel by a New York Times -bestselling author. In the wake of the shocking suicide of popular singer Ricky Sands, his wife and professional partner, Hollis Temple, wants only to escape the notoriety-and the relentless questions she can't even begin to answer. Rescued from the press by family friend Alan Gordon, Hollis leaves Manhattan for Cold Spring...
4) Emerald
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1983.
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First edition.
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English
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A woman heads to Palm Springs to stay with her great-aunt, a Hollywood star with a mysterious past, in this romantic suspense novel by an Edgar Award winner. Ever since New York journalist Carol Hamilton was a young girl, her great-aunt Monica Arlen has been for her the stuff of glittering, starry-eyed fantasy. Now, the reclusive movie star offers Carol an escape of another kind. In flight with her son from an abusive marriage, she's come to Monica's...
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1976.
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From a New York Times -bestselling author: A young woman's search for her biological parents uncovers a secret history of murder and conspiracy. When her adoptive parents die in a train crash in Italy, writer Courtney Marsh becomes more determined than ever to find her roots. She was mysteriously abandoned when she was just an infant, and she never knew the truth about her biological parents. The only clues to her past are a golden unicorn pendant...
6) Star flight
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1993.
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English
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A movie star's suicide draws a young woman into the deadly shadows of a Hollywood scandal in this novel from "a master of suspense-(Mary Higgins Clark). More than fifty years ago, Victoria Frazer and Roger Brandt were the most popular stars of the silver screen--until a notorious and tragic love affair on set in the Appalachians destroyed their lives. It was there, at the foot of Rumbling Bald Mountain in Lake Lure, North Carolina, where Victoria...
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[1972]
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English
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A reclusive actress is brought back into the spotlight-by murder-in this novel by a New York Times -bestselling and Edgar award-winning author. Leigh Hollins had no choice but to honor her father's dying wish: that she find her estranged mother, now living in seclusion in Norway, and reconcile with her. Leigh's mother, Laura Worth, was once one of the most dynamic movie stars in the world, her films eclipsed only by her real life, which was filled...
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1974.
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[First edition].
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English
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A woman investigates the mysterious death of her mother in Santa Fe in this New York Times bestseller by a "master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark). Between jobs and relationships, Manhattan illustrator Amanda Austin decides it's finally time to take her grandfather up on his request to visit him in Santa Fe. Near death and anxious to reconnect with his granddaughter, Juan Cordova has summoned her to New Mexico so she can get to know her late mother's...
9) Black amber
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A Manhattan editor investigates her sister's suspicious death in Istanbul in this novel by the New York Times --bestselling "queen of the American gothics" (The New York Times). Tracy Hubbard, an up-and-comer at a prestigious New York City publisher, has arrived at a sprawling villa on the Bosporus strait in Istanbul for an enviable arrangement. She's come to assist celebrated artist Miles Radburn with his new book on the history of Turkish art. Everything...
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