Halloween: Fun and Scary!
Halloween is such a strange celebration. It has its fun side, with children dressing up and collecting candy and chocolate from family, friends and neighbours. On the other hand, the day can be quite spooky with all the jack-o'-lanterns, spiders, bats and other scary decorations.
Because of this dual nature, Halloween makes for a great setting for many books. Here are a few recently published books that are set just before or during Halloween:
Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns.
When a Rhode Island nurse discovers that an infant left in her charge has been abducted, detective Woody Potter embarks on a baffling case with ties to a dead insurance investigator, a local Wiccan sect, a yoga center and a growling funeral director.
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Devil's Night by Todd Ritter. (Kat Campbell mysteries #3)
Summoned in the middle of the night to the site of an arson fire at the Perry Hollow museum, Police Chief Kat Campbell discovers the murdered body of the curator before glimpsing nemesis Henry Goll in the crowd and embarking on a dangerous investigation.
Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.
In this sequel to Damned, Madison Spencer is back on Earth after her time in Hell and stranded there on Halloween, facing the prospect of spending an entire year as (shudder) a ghost among the living.
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Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain. (Archie and Gretchen thrillers #6)
Attending a masked Halloween party as part of his investigation into Jack Reynolds' drug enterprise, Detective Archie Sheridan recognizes the handiwork of killer Gretchen Lowell. When one of the guests is murdered, a situation that forces Archie to risk everything and reevaluate the people he most trusts.
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Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour.
Moving with her father to upstate New York after her older sister's suicide, Finn Sullivan, due to her curious nature, discovers that the town and its inhabitants wield a dangerous power, a tempting blend of good and evil, magic and mystery, that is shockingly linked to her sister's death.
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Related posts:
Never Too Old for Scary Stories
Spooky Stuff: Ghosts and Haunted Houses in Fiction
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