Jess Lourey
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves school, and has a crush on the nicest boy in class. Yes, there are her parents' strange parties and their parade of deviant guests, but she's grown accustomed to them. All that changes when someone comes hunting in Lilydale. One by one, local boys go missing. One by one, they return changed--violent, moody, and withdrawn. What happened to them becomes the...
Author
Pub. Date
c2022.
Description
"Minnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it's not all fun and games. Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can't forget. They've decided to never tell a soul. But their vow is tested when their friend disappears--the second girl to vanish in...
3) Bloodline
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Following her fiance to the picture perfect town of Lilydale, Minnesota, pregnant journalist Joan Harken soon realizes that something is dangerously off in this seemingly picture-perfect village where someone is watching her every move
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out, dead silent, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide—a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Claudette the dragon knows what's best for everyone: what food they should eat, what clothes they should wear, and even where they can color. You know what else? She's not afraid to tell them. Being bossy makes her feel safe and smart, two of her favorite things. But what happens when she realizes she's not in charge of anyone but herself?
6) Litani
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In the summer of 1984, 14-year-old Frankie Jubilee is sent to live with her estranged mother in the small Minnesota town of Litani. The locals whisper about "The Game," her mother warns her to stay out of the woods and away from adults, and Frankie begins to wonder if she living among monsters, even in the bright light of day.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. Every author calls on, crystallizes, and shades his or her life experiences to craft fiction, whether theyre writing world-bending sci fi or a thinly veiled autobiography. It is precisely those most conflict-ridden moments of our livesthe tragedies, humiliations, and terrorsthat shape the best stories. But how do we select and then write our most significant storythe one that helps us to...
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