Megan Miranda
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"A suspenseful novel about an idyllic town in Maine dealing with the suspicious death of one of their own -- and her best "summer" friend, who is trying to uncover the truth... before fingers point her way. Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors....
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English
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"When a journalist investigating a string of unsolved disappearances goes missing, Abigail Lovett, the manager of The Passage Inn in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter's Pass, decides to investigate and discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her."--
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English
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A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine{u2014}a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible...
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English
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We had no warning that she'd come back. Hollow's Edge used to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow's Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated...
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English
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"When Arden Maynor was a child, she was swept away while sleepwalking during a rainstorm. Against all odds, she was found days later, alive. The miraculous girl from Widow Hills inspired fans--but also creeps and stalkers. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name to Olivia. But as the twentieth anniversary of Arden's rescue approaches, interest in her renews. Soon Olivia feels like she's being watched and begins sleepwalking again. One...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit All the Missing Girls--a "fiendishly plotted thriller" (Publishers Weekly)--a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to...
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English
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"When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town-and people-she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge ... including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Ten years after leaving Cooley Ridge, Nicolette Farrell returns to care for her ailing father. A decade ago, she, her brother Daniel, her boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne's boyfriend Jackson were suspects when Corinne-- Nic's best friend-- disappeared without a trace. Within days of Nic's return, they are plunged into a shocking drama when Nic's neighbor Annaleise, who is dating Tyler and was the group's alibi ten years previously, goes missing. Told...
10) Come find me
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English
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"Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Kennedy Jones and seventeen-year-old Nolan Chandler are drawn together by strange signals related to family tragedies, and find they are more connected than they could have imagined." --
12) Fracture
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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After falling through the ice of a frozen lake and being resuscitated by her best friend Decker, seventeen-year-old Delaney begins experiencing a strange affinity for the dead and wonders whether she is predicting death or causing it.
13) Soulprint
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2015.
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English
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Alina's spent her seventeen years imprisoned for the crimes of her past self, as shown by soul-fingerprinting when she was a newborn, but when a group of people with questionable motives helps her escape, she discovers she may not be as innocent as she believes and must wonder if she's fated to repeat her past.
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Publisher
BookaVivo
Pub. Date
2022
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Español
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¿Realmente conocemos a las personas con las que compartimos la intimidad de nuestras vidas? Nada es lo que parece... Todas las familias esconden secretos. Alguien mató a Sadie porque conocía una incómoda verdad. Solo hay que hacerse las preguntas adecuadas para descubrirlo. Avery Greer y Sadie Loman pertenecen a dos mundos muy opuestos, pero comparten un mismo lugar de vacaciones: Littleport, en Maine. Sadie aparece muerta durante la celebración...
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Publisher
BookaVivo
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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Arden Maynor era solo una niña cuando desapareció durante días en una noche de tormenta mientras caminaba sonámbula. Todo el pueblo se movilizó en su búsqueda. Se organizaron grupos de rescate y se realizaron vigilias. La gente rezaba para que regresara sana y salva. Contra todo pronóstico, la encontraron viva dentro de una alcantarilla. "La chica de Widow Hills" pasó a ser un milagro viviente. Su caso se hizo famoso. Aficionados y acosadores...
16) Hysteria
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
After stabbing and killing her boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Mallory, who has no memory of the event, is sent away to a boarding school to escape the gossip and threats, but someone or something is following her.
17) Vengeance
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Publisher
Walker Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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It seems Decker is the only person who does not believe that Falcon Lake under a curse somehow connected to his best friend Delaney, but everything changes when Delaney senses the imminent death of Decker's father and says nothing.
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Publisher
Professional Book Nerds
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Today Emma and Joe are joined by Megan Miranda, author of The Only Survivors. They talk about finding missing cell phones in the sand, crafting strong casts of characters, setting stories in small towns, and what Pop Tart flavors are key to Megan's writing process.