Women Horror

She was a daughter, a wife, a mother. She was a friend. But what secrets did Eloise take to her grave? Compulsively listenable and haunting, this is the Sunday Times best-selling debut novel from Book Club champion Judy Finnigan.

An extraordinary lunar event shatters the barriers between the living and the dead. Zoya, Yuli, and Katie find themselves reunited, discovering their destinies are inexplicably linked, but the eternal coven's collective desire to heal the wounds that haunt them may never materialize.

After discovering she has supernatural powers and has been chosen to conspire with karma, Katie’s first reading is from a desperate pregnant woman and has her tangling with unsavory characters from her great-great grandmother's checkered past. She unknowingly becomes the target of a dangerous mob member, leading her best friend to take matters into her own hands. Teaming up with Katie's children and her trusty dog, Arlo, they race against the clock to find her. Meanwhile, Yuli finds herself forced to consider joining forces with her mortal enemy, Zoya, in order to bring her granddaughter home.

In nine spooky tales, Alison Lurie writes of women haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical: A woman about to marry Mr. Right is visited by the spirit of his first wife; a dead fiancé haunts a foreign service officer every time she has an intimate moment with another man; the ghost of a girl in a Halloween costume disconcerts the perfect housewife.

Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage. Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey. They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood. They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

Vermont 1950. Idlewild Hall ist ein Ort für Mädchen, die keinen anderen Platz in der Gesellschaft haben. Abends erzählen sich die Schülerinnen Schauergeschichten von der "schwarzen Mary". Doch als eines Nachts eine von ihnen unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben kommt, wird der Schrecken real. 2014 ist das Internat eine Ruine, aber die Journalistin Fiona Sheridan kann nicht von Idlewild Hall lassen: Hier wurde vor 20 Jahren ihre Schwester ermordet.

It’s been six months since Riley Thomas, reluctant medium extraordinaire, has had a ghost haunting her apartment, and she prefers it that way. Life is less complicated when the dead aren’t trying to get her attention. Her best friend is getting married and wants to DIY her way through wedding prep - Riley’s got no time for ghosts.

Lauren Ambrose has made a life for herself as a fledging artist, far from the ancient secrets and cobwebbed past of her family’s historic estate in Texas. Generations of the Ambrose women have suffered at the hands of a curse, and the last place Lauren wants to spend time is at the Ambrose Estate, among the tragedies of the past. But when her grandmother, matriarch of the Ambrose fortune, requires Lauren to attend an urgent business meeting, she reluctantly travels home.

When teacher Daniella Reyes accepts a new assignment at Mesa Luna Elementary, she has no idea her life will soon be in a tailspin as she quickly learns she has a few students who need more than the normal academia - they need her to save their lives! Being a high empath and sensitive, she becomes fearless in pursuit to rescue her students while uncovering a dark secret lurking at the school. A secret and powerful society of women mysteriously emerge and are more than willing to come to her aid - but not without cost.

The Conjure Woman is a collection of short stories by noted African American author Charles Waddell Chesnutt. It is considered to be one the seminal collections of African American literature.

Having only three months for Arianta to write her new book and then satisfy her insatiable cravings, things quickly spiral out of control as Katherine's heart grows bigger than her stomach, blurring the lines between predator and prey. Will Katherine be able to battle her internal moral compass and the challenges that arise, or will her reign of terror finally come to an end, not at the hands of the authorities, but by those closest to her?

For Katherine Kale, who has recently returned to the United States after teaching overseas for years, Maple Creek, Michigan, is the perfect American town and the elegant blue Victorian on Walnut Street is the house of her dreams. When she is nearly poisoned at the annual Apple Fair, as another woman dies, Katherine suspects that Maple Creek may not be the paradise it seemed at first acquaintance and determines to find out who would lace a caramel apple with deadly poison. Her first clue, unearthed while planting chrysanthemums in her back yard, is an antique cameo.

What evil lurks in the depths of the Dark Mountain? In the West Highlands of Scotland, few years after the end of World War One, Brenda and her friends are preparing for an expedition of a lifetime: Climbing An Cailleach, also known as The Witch. But even before they reach the base of the mountain, they realize that something is wrong. Strange apparitions, even stranger locals and ancient superstitions are all signs that they are on a dangerous path. When things take a turn for the worse, will friendship be more important than survival?

She was orphaned as a baby and abused as a woman. She spends her days covering bruises until they fade, only to get new ones. Her life is as dark as the lifestyle she is forced to live. Would Joy ever be able to escape the terror in her life to find any? He was Marine with PTSD with deep scars inside and out. Now a killer-for-hire, he uses that way of life as a form of therapy by righting the wrong to make his life tolerable. Can Gary ever get past his demons to feel the happiness and love that only Joy can bring?

There is never a good time for a witch to lose her powers. But to lose your magic just when you and your friends need it to survive might be the worst timing of all. But even in her despair, Torie Bliss has noticed some strange goings-on in Singing Falls. The supernatural community seems to be at war with itself, and the human inhabitants of the community are not exactly acting like normal humans. Without her powers Torie is at a loss as to how she can help them. But there is one person who may be able to help her.

Black Violet is more than a detective agency. It’s the last defense against mysteries that rewrite reality. Run by three women bound by fate and fractured timelines, the agency unravels cases whispered through forgotten letters, broken timepieces, and photographs that shouldn't exist. Across ten interconnected investigations—each darker than the last—Dakota, Brooke, and Alice confront ghosts both literal and metaphorical, uncovering a conspiracy of erased identities, buried legacies, and a force that’s been archiving their lives before they were even born.

Catherine, a successful barrister, vanishes from a train station on the eve of her anniversary. Is it because she saw a figure—someone she believed long dead? Or was it a shadow cast by her troubled, fractured mind? The answer lies buried in the past. It lies in the events of the hot, seismic summer of 1989, at Vanes—a mysterious West Country manor house—where a young girl, Jane Lestrange, arrives to stay with the gilded, grand Hunter family, and where a devastating tragedy will unfold.

Ever since Lucy was two, she’s been on the run alongside her mother. She’s never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases, and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes with strangers, never let down your guard, and always be ready to move on. Finally, after thirteen years and eleven states, their next hideaway seems perfect. An isolated, fortresslike place in the New Hampshire woods is the new home they share with its owner, a gentlemanly pianist, and his lonely daughter, Gretchen. But Gretchen and her father have secrets of their own.

Ever since Riley Thomas, reluctant medium extraordinaire, accidentally released a malevolent spirit from a Ouija board when she was 13, she’s taken a hard pass on scary movies, haunted houses, and cemeteries. Twelve years later, when her best friend pressures her into spending a paranormal investigation weekend at the infamous Jordanville Ranch - former home of deceased serial killer Orin Jacobs - Riley’s still not ready to accept the fact that she can communicate with ghosts.

Detective Matilda White attempts to stop the drug Ice from being smuggled into the country. What she uncovers is her worst nightmare. A fascist regime is on the rise, using addiction and torture to take hold of the city. In order to fight back, Matilda and her all women team have to match the cartels extreme aggression and cunning. They confront the vile leaders and the hideous creatures used to kill and control with absolute terror. This war is like no other, and it tests the four women to their ends.