Author: WAB Consutling

The adult summer reading club is almost over! Get Between the Covers with a supernatural thriller and attend our adult summer reading wrap-up party Monday, August 20!

77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz (eBook)
The affluent occupants of luxury apartments, housed in a 200-year-old mansion with a checkered past, enter into a terrifying waking nightmare when the haunted house reawakens, leaving no one safe from its grip.

Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton
An unknown assailant tries to scare the Fletcher family from their new home by staging increasingly disturbing pranks on their ten-year-old son, a situation that escalates when the boy’s two younger siblings go missing.

Dark Magic by James Swain
Dazzling audiences while hiding his membership in an underground group of psychics who predict and prevent crimes, magician Peter Warlock foresees an unspeakable act of violence targeting New York City and finds his preventative efforts thwarted by a shadowy psychic cult.

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
Old friends try to come to grips with the darkness of the past–a secret ritual that left behind a gruesomely dismembered body–and find themselves face-to-face with the evil they helped create.

The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin
After the death of his wife, Nicholas Close is haunted by ghosts doomed to repeat their final violent moments, a situation that strains his grasp on sanity and sweeps him into a disturbing series of disappearances and murders involving an evil spirit.

Deadly Night by Heather Graham (eBook)
After he and his brothers inherit a New Orleans plantation, private investigator Aidan Flynn stumbles upon human bones and delves into the dark history of his new home with the help of a beautiful tarot card reader.

Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Something very peculiar is happening in Stockholm. There’s a heatwave on and people cannot turn their lights out or switch their appliances off. Then the terrible news breaks. In the city morgue, the dead are waking up …. What do they want? What everybody wants: to come home.

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own.

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (eBook)
A collector of obscure and macabre artifacts, unscrupulous metal band musician Judas Coyne is unable to resist purchasing a ghost over the Internet, which turns out to be the vengeful spirit of his late girlfriend’s stepfather.

House of Reckoning by John Saul (audio download)
Outcast by an injury sustained from her father, foster child Sara Crane befriends a former mental patient and her art teacher and soon creates paintings of long-ago violent crimes committed by the inmates of a local asylum.

The Magdalena Curse by F.G. Cottam
Convinced that his stricken son was cursed during a misguided military mission in the Amazon, Special Ops veteran Mark Hunter searches for two mysterious women including one who he believes placed the curse and another who he hopes has the power to break it.

Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
Leaving his dust-bowl home with thousands of others during the height of the Great Depression, Marcus Connelly joins a group of survivors who plot revenge against a mysterious scarred man who murdered their loved ones.

Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell
A worried father and his rebellious teenage daughter find themselves trapped within an apartment house where the voices and spirits of wrongly persecuted witches lie in torment.

The New Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker
A lavishly illustrated tribute to Bram Stoker’s classic shares additional insights into the historical plausibility of vampire lore, surveying more than two centuries of popular culture and myth.

The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian (CD book, eBook)
After he crashes his plane into Lake Champlain, killing most of the passengers, Chip Linton moves into a new home with his wife and twin daughters and finds himself being haunted by the dead passengers.

Other Kingdoms by Richard Matheson
Arriving in a pastoral English village to recover from his experiences in WWI, a young American soldier ignores rumors about malevolent spirits in a nearby wood until a frightening encounter leads him into the arms of an alluring red-haired woman believed to be a witch.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The tale of the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, who enters the home of her mysterious and enigmatic new husband and learns the story of the house’s first mistress, to whom the sinister housekeeper is unnaturally devoted.

The Ridge by Michael Koryta
For years, a lighthouse at the top of a hill called Blade Ridge has lit up the surrounding woods. But when the lighthouse keeper is found dead, strange things begin happening to the people and animals in the area.

The Ruins by Scott Smith
In Cancun, Mexico, for a peaceful vacation, a group of tourists sets off in search of one of their group who disappeared during an excursion to some nearby Mayan ruins, only to come face to face with an insidious evil that threatens their very lives.

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Returning to her English family home on Christmas 20 years after her inexplicable disappearance, young Tara Martin, who seems to have not aged a day, imparts a fantastical tale that her brother is unable to believe.

The Strain: Book I of the Strain Trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (audio download, CD book, eBook)
A vampiric virus infects New York and spreads outward, threatening the city and then the world, as a CDC doctor and a Holocaust survivor fight to save humanity.

The Third Gate by Lincoln Child (audio download, eBook)
Believing he has discovered the burial chamber of a near-mythical Egyptian pharaoh and a mystical double crown, famed archaeologist Porter Stone and his team suffer bizarre accidents that Professor Jeremy Logan is brought in to investigate.

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family’s old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood.

You Came Back by Christopher Coake
Getting his life back together after the death of his young son, Brendan, and his divorce, Mark Fife is jolted when he receives a call from a woman who owns his old house and claims it is haunted by Brendan’s ghost.

Get Between the Covers with a suspense-filled mystery and join the adult summer reading program!

1222 by Anne Holt
When a train in Norway derails during a massive blizzard, the passengers abandon the train for a nearby hotel, centuries-old and practically empty. They think they are safe, until one of their number begins killing off the rest.

Bad Moon by Todd Ritter
Years after a young boy disappears near a waterfall in what is declared a fatal accident, his adult brother, a famous author, urges the local police to reopen the investigation and learns that their late mother had discovered clues that his brother was killed and that he was not the only victim.

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson (eBook)
Without her husband’s knowledge, Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions.

Before the Poison by Peter Robinson
Returning to Yorkshire after his beloved wife dies, composer Chris Lowndes discovers that the old house he has just purchased was the scene of a murder more than 50 years before and becomes obsessed with solving the case.

Beneath the Shadows by Sara Foster
Returning to a tiny North Yorkshire hamlet where her husband disappeared a year earlier, Grace is unable to get answers from deeply superstitious villagers and experiences haunting dreams before discovering that she is in danger.

Bent Road by Lori Roy (audio download)
Celia Scott and her family move back to her husband’s hometown in Kansas, where his sister died under mysterious circumstances 20 years before. Celia and her two younger children struggle to adjust, especially when a local girl disappears.

Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward (audio download, eBook)
For most of her life, Lauren has been certain of two things: that her mother is dead and that her father is a murderer. Years later, her brother disappears and she comes to question the version of her history that she has clung to so fiercely.

Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Seeking revenge after his wife Helen is murdered, Special Agent Pendergast chases the killers from Scotland to New York City and into the bayous of Louisiana and discovers that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own death.

Cop to Corpse by Peter Lovesey
When three policemen are murdered in the Bath area by a sniper who eludes authorities and younger detectives, Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond embarks on what becomes one of the most dangerous cases of his life.

Curse of the Jade Lily by David Housewright
Hired by an insurance company to help ransom a stolen gem, Rushmore McKenzie learns that the reputedly cursed gem causes the death or ruination of everyone who owns it, a situation that is complicated by the untimely murder of one of the thieves.

The Demands by Mark Billingham
A convenience store owner holds a group of customers hostage until Detective Tom Thorne agrees to find out what really happened to his son, who died a year earlier in prison under suspicious circumstances.

The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook
Shattered by the unsolved murder of his 8-year-old son, travel writer George Gates is approached by a retired missing-persons detective and given a mysterious story left behind by a woman who disappeared 20 years earlier.

The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli
Resolving to pursue an honest life after his brother goes on a murderous rampage, Terrier Rand learns that his brother did not commit one of the killings for which he was sentenced to die and resolves to learn what really happened.

Never Tell by Alafair Burke
While investigating the suicide of 16-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim.

Night Rounds by Helene Tursten
When a nurse is murdered and another disappears during a hospital blackout, Detective Inspector Irene Huss struggles with a report by the crime’s only witness, who claims she saw a nurse who died 60 years earlier.

No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay (CD book)
Twenty-five years after her family vanishes without a trace, Cynthia Archer is struggling to live a normal life with her husband and daughter, until sinister clues begin to reveal the dark secrets of the past.

On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt
Proposing to his girlfriend Jen and accompanying her to Kendrick Falls, Richard loses control of his car in a freak storm. When the storm clears, Jen is gone, all traces of her have disappeared, and no one in Richard’s life will even confirm Jen’s existence.

Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag (audio download, CD book, eBook)
Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez and child advocate Anne Leone investigate the murder of Marissa Fordham, a case that hinges on a key witness, Marissa’s young daughter, Haley. However, they soon discover a shocking fact: Marissa Fordham never existed.

Shatter by Michael Robotham
After Joe O’Loughlin fails to save a woman sobbing on a cell phone from jumping off a bridge, her teenage daughter finds him and reveals that she never would have committed such a desperate act, and that the answer to the mystery may lie with the voice on the other end of the phone.

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (audio download)
Kidnapped by a psychopath, Annie spent a brutally traumatic year in captivity in a remote mountain cabin. She recounts her experiences and dramatic escape to her therapist while agonizing over the ongoing police search for her captor.

Think of a Number by John Verdon (eBook)
Recently retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney is pulled back into service when an old friend receives threatening letters from a murderous sender who has an uncanny ability to read a person’s thoughts.

Get Between the Covers with a thrilling page-turner and join the adult summer reading program!

The 500 by Matthew Quirk
Former con artist and Harvard Law student Mike Ford accepts a position with a DC-based consulting firm whose specialty is pulling strings for the 500 most powerful people inside the Beltway.

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin
Katie and Scott Monroe’s life is changed forever when two of of their identical triplets disappear from a movie theater.

Archive 17 by Sam Eastland
Appointed by Stalin to find the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II, former investigator Pekkala goes undercover in Siberia to infiltrate a gang of convicts rumored to know the treasure’s whereabouts.

The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd (eBook)
Ex-FBI agent Steve Vail is asked to help break a shadowy extortion group that is killing people one by one unless the bureau gives them cash, with the dollar amount and body count escalating each time the agency doesn’t pay up.

The Cold Kiss by John Rector
Giving a ride to a snowbound stranger who offers them a lucrative sum, a couple is thrown into a nightmarish situation when the stranger dies in their back seat with more than two million dollars in his possession.

Damaged by Alex Kava (audio download)
When the Coast Guard finds a murdered body in the Gulf of Mexico while preparing for a Category 5 hurricane, Special Agent Maggie O’Dell places herself in the path of the deadly storm to track down the victim’s identity and killer.

The Expats by Chris Pavone (audio download, CD book, eBook)
Newly arrived in Luxembourg, expat Kate Moore suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be and as her paranoia grows, she becomes increasingly terrified that her own past is catching up with her.

Fifteen Digits by Nick Santora
A fifteen-digit bank account number holds the key to a plot involving five behind-the-scenes employees at a law firm who use discarded documents full of sensitive legal information to get rich.

Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon
In 1945 Istanbul, American undercover agent Leon Bauer’s attempt to save a life leads to a desperate manhunt, a game of shifting loyalties, and an unexpected love affair.

The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski
A story based on the Jewish legend about how the world is always protected by 36 people follows the sudden deaths of dozens of humanitarians whose untimely ends are investigated by Copenhagen detective Niels Benzon.

The Last Trade by James Conway
Hedge fund operator Drew Havens endures an explosive six days during which six other talented brokers are killed after executing trades linked to his boss’s lucrative fund.

Missing Child by Patricia MacDonald
Caitlin Eckhart finds her past coming back to haunt her, when her 6-year-old stepson is kidnapped from school, jeopardizing her relationship with her husband and everything she loves.

The Nightmare Thief by Meg Gardiner (audio download, eBook)
Given an expensive “ultimate urban reality” adventure for her 21st birthday, Autumn invites five friends to join her in a simulated drug deal and manhunt on the streets of San Francisco only to be exploited by real kidnappers.

Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
After a chance meeting with a stranger leads Adam Kindred to lose his home, family, friends, job, and reputation, the London police and a hired killer are after him, and Adam joins the army of the missing who live underground as he tries to sort through his life.

The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen
When a joke about making illicit money escalates to a kidnapping scheme, four friends enjoy the proceeds of a low-risk operation until they abduct the wrong target and capture the attentions of the law and a vengeful organized-crime ring.

Rules of Betrayal by Christopher Reich (audio download, CD book, eBook)
Married to an undercover spy who has gone rogue, Jonathan Ransom is catapulted into the shadowy world of double and triple agents, where his life becomes dependent on his discovery of his wife’s true loyalties.

The Sixes by Kate White (eBook)
After being accused of plagiarizing her latest bestselling celebrity biography, Phoebe Hall jumps at the chance to teach at a small college in rural Pennsylvania where she becomes immersed in a deadly mystery involving a mythic secret society known as The Sixes.

Sleepless by Charlie Huston
Working undercover to stop the black market trade of a sleep-aid drug that has become aggressively sought by a world stricken by pandemic insomnia, L.A. cop Parker Haas finds his work compromised by pharmaceutical company corruption.

They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz
Struggling with setbacks in his marriage and Hollywood ambitions, Patrick Davis begins receiving mysterious DVDs that reveal that he and his wife are being stalked.

The Wrong Man by David Ellis
When a homeless Iraq War veteran with severe PTSD is arrested for murder, Jason Kolarich agrees to take the case and discovers that the victim had stumbled on a terrorist conspiracy with ties to corporate America.