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The lights are on at the Singleton vacation home on Lopez Island, Washington, illuminating the horror within. The family is found dead, and the police's main suspect - the property caretaker - has disappeared. In her secluded vineyard home two hours away, Laura Gretchell is on edge. Her husband is out of town on business, and the children are understandably shaken. Laura tries to tell herself there's no reason to fear. Then the door handle rattles, and the real terror begins.

Sheila O'Rourke has always known her husband isn't perfect. Who is? But things have been better since they moved to Seattle to make a fresh start. So much so that when 16-year-old Eden turns up, claiming to be Dylan's child by another woman, Sheila tries to be welcoming.

From the depths of sleep, Seattle TV reporter Anna Malone awakens to her phone ringing. She rarely drinks, and this hangover is brutal. Why can't she shake the feeling that something terrible happened last night? And why can't she recall any of it? What Anna does remember: an awkward restaurant meal with her married lover, Russ Knoll, and his unsuspecting wife, Courtney. Russ' phone call reveals that Courtney is missing, and as days go by with no trace, he comes under police scrutiny.

Teaming up with New York Times best-selling author Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Magazine offers up a nail-biting anthology titled Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original short stories representing the genres of suspense/thriller, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

A home provides more than comfort and shelter. It stores memories...and hides secrets. Caitlin Stoller and her children recently moved into a charming old house in the coastal town of Echo, Washington. The place was a bargain, but as weeks pass, Caitlin starts receiving messages - first friendly, then unsettling, hinting at the property's dark past. There are the rumors that their new home is cursed. Caitlin doesn't want to believe the whispers, but something strange is going on. Personal items go missing, and there are too many accidents....

There is no better guide than St. Ignatius Loyola if one desires to discover how faith and everyday life can thrive together. In The Ignatian Adventure, Kevin O'Brien, SJ, follows St. Ignatius's lead and offers todays time-strapped individual a unique way of making the Spiritual Exercises in daily life. The first part of O'Brien's book provides helpful background information, including a brief history of St. Ignatius, an explanation of the Spiritual Exercises and their purpose, and a description of different ways to make the Exercises.

Andrea Boyle moved to Seattle to give her 17-year-old nephew, Spencer, a fresh start after the death of his parents. Andrea has found her own new beginning with Luke, a successful playwright and father of a teenage son, Damon. The boys appear to have little in common, but in truth they share a private torment....

The site of the old campus bungalow where two girls were brutally slain is now a flower patch covered with chrysanthemums. It's been 50 years since the Immaculate Conception Murders. Three more students and a teacher were killed in a sickening spree that many have forgotten. But there is one person who knows every twisted detail... Hannah O'Rourke and her volatile half-sister, Eden, have little in common except a parent. Yet they've ended up at the same small college outside Chicago, sharing a bungalow with another girl.

Different Victims: The blonde film student. The brunette paralegal. The red-headed artist. Different Methods: The first victim is strangled. The second is stabbed repeatedly. And the third is pushed out of an open window. Same Madman: In the city of Seattle, no single woman is safe. From afar he watches the ones he so desperately wants. Willing to do whatever it takes to prove his love. But should his latest obsession betray him, he will have no choice but to punish her.

Seeing with the Heart is a tour de force that weaves together the author’s personal experiences, the 16th-century wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the insights of sages, poets, artists, and storytellers through the ages.

A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought.... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge....

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother’s absence.

Actor and comedian Kevin O'Brien performs Mark Twain's classic—and delivers four lectures analyzing the brilliance of this great American novel.

A lot of actors think they're good enough to be professionals. And even if they are, they seldom get to the place where they can actually make a living as actors. Kevin O'Brien is the rare exception. But even among successful actors, his achievement is rare. He's done it all on his own - with his own acting company, his own plays, and his own unique niche in the world of theater.

About making a commitment to live as Jesus Christ explained to give ourselves a chance at worldly peace while we prepare for eternal bliss. Jesus Christ is The Plan. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jesuschrististheplan/support

Amerika, Ende der Neunziger Jahre. Eine Reihe brutaler Morde und Mordanschläge auf Filmstars, Musiker und Celebrities erschüttert Hollywood. Was haben die Fälle gemeinsam? Welche Geheimnisse hatten die Opfer, mit wem hatten sie sich angelegt? Und warum geraten auch die Schauspielerin Dayle Sutton und ihr Kollege Avery Cooper in die Schusslinie?

Jeder hat Geheimnisse. Die hübsche Staatsanwältin, die fleißige Kellnerin, Johnny, der hübsche Schüler. Was verbindet sie? Warum wurden sie alle Opfer eines Serienkillers, der in und um Seattle seine Opfer sucht? Father Jack Murphy, Priester und Lehrer an einem katholischen College, fängt an zu ermitteln, sehr zum Unmut seiner Kollegen.

Er hat dich erwählt: Du wirst sterben Wer Gutes tut, muss sterben Der Fluch der guten Tat Blumen für die Toten Sydney Jordan moderiert eine TV-Sendung, die alltägliche Helden vorstellt: Menschen, die Leben gerettet haben. Nebenbei muss sie sich um ihr eigenes Leben kümmern. Nach einer schmerzhaften Trennung zieht sie mit Sohn Eli nach Boston. Doch irgendetwas stimmt mit der neuen Wohnung nicht. Jemand scheint dort heimlich ein und aus zu gehen.

Im Schatten des Vergessens lauert das Böse. Eine Frau erwacht im Krankenhaus von Seattle, schwer verletzt und ohne Gedächtnis: Claire Shaw ist die einzige Überlebende einer bizarren Mordserie. Ihr Mann und die beste Freundin stehen ihr bei. Aber die beiden kommen Claire zunehmend fremder vor. Gegen den Rat der Ärzte wird sie nach Hause geholt, auf Deception Island, eine große Insel vor der Pazifikküste, deren Bewohner eine verschworene Gemeinschaft bilden. Immer deutlicher spürt Claire eine doppelte Bedrohung: durch den Serienmörder und durch die, die sie aus irgendeinem Grund belügen.

Du weißt, dass du es getan hast. Amelia ist jung, hübsch, voller Probleme. Und sie hat Alpträume, in denen sie ihre Familie abschlachtet. Nur Karen, ihre Therapeutin, steht ihr bei, als die Visionen blutige Realität werden. Amelia war adoptiert, die Spur weist in die Vergangenheit. Hat das Mädchen eine gespaltene, dunkle Persönlichkeit? Oder ist die Wahrheit zusammen mit ihrem ersten Elternhaus verbrannt?