18 books like Stranger by the Lake
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and…
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When Emmalyn Remembers
The weathered blood of Henrietta Stern still stained the veranda of the dilapidated seaside mansion she had willed to Emmalynn, who lapsed into a state of amnesia rather than remember the horror of the ax murder she had witnessed.
But perhaps it would be better to close the case as the police had done when Burt Reed, the accused murderer, died in jail. Certainly it would be wiser, for Burt's…
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Meet a Dark Stranger = Whisper in the Darkness
In New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde’s spellbinding tale of romantic suspense, an ominous horoscope proves eerily accurate for a woman visiting a quaint English town
“You will make a sudden journey and meet a dark stranger . . .”
Author Jane Martin doesn’t believe in fate, so when she stumbles across her horoscope in the newspaper one day, she decides to disregard it. But then…
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Wherever Lynn Goes
Rings of doom.
The phone calls had started again, even after Lynn had the number unlisted. They were always the same, the same low, husky voice saying "Lynn, Lynn, it's Daddy." They were sick, someone's poor idea of a joke. Lynn's father had been dead for years.
Then one night Lynn's aunt phoned, tried to warn her about something and was disconnected by death. The police said that her murderer…
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Room Beneath the Stairs
As a child, Carolyn Dawson had love playing on Greycliff, an island off the Cornish coast owned by the rich and powerful Brandon family. There, she had met dashing once with Grey Brandon, the heir to the estate, and she had never forgotten him. Yet he had no memory of their brief, but shattered past. Now, he wanted to make her mistress of Greycliff Manor, his magnificent but eerie estate.…
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Betrayal at Blackcrest
Spiderweb of Passion.
The great, grim manor of Blackcrest held many secrets for beautiful young Deborah Lane. London and safety seemed worlds and centuries away as she tried to discover what had happened here to her lovely cousin, whose face and name none in the house claimed to remember.
Yet even as she tried to pierce the veil of fearful mystery, Deborah felt herself falling -- like her…
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Nine Buck's Row = Susannah, Beware
When night must fall
London's East End was in the grip of terror. The madman they called The Ripper was still on the loose and Susannah's aunt, the earthy, flamboyant Marietta, had been his latest victim, leaving Susannah stunned, alone in the world but for Nicholas Craig, the handsome cousin she'd never known, who now became her guardian.
But from the moment Nicholas brought her to the quiet…
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Falconridge
Beautiful, young Lauren Moore had been left penniless and homeless after the death of her mother, and Aunt Helena's unexpected invitation to live with her at Falconridge seemed almost too good to be true. She also found herself strangely drawn to darkly and handsome Norman Wade, her arrogant cousin by marriage. It wasn't long before Lauren realized that many inexplicable things happened at this…
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The Master of Phoenix Hall
One dear friend--One deadly foe
One day lovely young Angela Todd was a seamstress struggling to sustain herself in London; the next, she was independent and owner of a charming country cottage. Her legacy gave her everything she had ever wanted. Not even a series of cruel pranks, strange "accidents" and shrill threats could shake her resolve to remain at Dower House.
Gentle Greg Ingram, the…
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Midnight At Mallyncourt
In the menacing wings of a Victorian mansion actress Jennifer Randall plays her most terrifying role.
When the advances of her employer force her to abandon her promising acting career and leave her penniless, Jennifer Randall agrees to pose as Edward Baker's wife in order to help him secure his fortune.
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Danger at Dahlkari
Lauren Gray leaves England for exotic India after finishing school, but on the way her caravan is attacked by ritual murderers and her life barely saved, she begins her great adventure.
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The Lady of Lyon House
He was a tall man in a wide, checked cloak, and when the swirling London mist could not hide his face, he slipped into the shadows...
Someone had been following Julia Meredith night after night - someone whose footsteps rang on the fog-wet cobblestones when she walked, and stopped when she stopped. And so her guardians sent her to the country to stay with an old friend, Corinne Lyon, mistress of…
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Come to Castlemoor
Kathy Hunt came to Castlemoor when she got the news of her brother's sudden and tragic death. The shadow of Castlemoor fell ominously across the moors. Every soul seemed to live in terror. When Kathy found that her brother's life work - a study of bloody, primitive rites, once performed on these very moors - had disappeared, she vowed to find the manuscript and complete his book. But strange…
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Secret by the Lake
Amy's always felt like something’s been missing in her life, but as a nanny for the Laurent family - Julia, Alain, Viviane - she feels complete.
So Amy wouldn’t think of leaving them when a sudden tragedy forces them to move from France to the small lakeside cottage in the isolated Somerset village where Julia grew up.
But there’s something strange about the cottage by the lake. This is where…
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You Have Chosen
Toni tried to boy love, but she didn't know the price would be so high...
Toni Kenyon was young and pretty and passionately fond of all that life had to offer, but at this particular moment it seemed to offer nothing but unhappiness. For her best friend Helena had become engaged to the most wonderful man Toni had ever met. Nicholas Brendon; but Toni knew she was marrying him not for love, but…
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Sweet Cassandra
Would he ever marry her?
Cassandra's happy homelife vanished with her mother's remarriage to a man Cass called the "General." He was an overbearing tyrant, used to his own way, who considered Cass a nuisance. Yet he did not hesitate to pass judgement on her boyfriends--and he absolutely forbid her to marry Kevin Martin. And her timid mother agreed with him. Leaving home would cut her off…
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Two Loves
Bill was handsome, tender and exciting, but Cherry knew she couldn't live on love alone. Phillip didn't attract her as Bill did, but his wealth could buy Cherry everything she'd always wanted. Cherry was determined to have them both. Cleverly concealing one's existence from the other, Cherry began leading a dangerous double life, unknowingly pushing all three of them toward disaster.
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Armour Against Love
Uncertainty.
Christine read the letter in disbelief. Was she really to have another chance? Could she bear to return to her childhood home to care for her brother's three orphan children? She had run away with a married actor twenty years before and the village had not forgotten the scandal. Hunger and failure and loss of love had altered Christine's golden-haired beauty, but in spite of…
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