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"Abby Ward lives in a town haunted by disappearances. People vanish, and when they're found, their bodies have been dismembered and sewn back together in unnatural ways. But is it the work of a human killer . . . or something far darker? She and her younger sister live by a strict set of rules designed to keep them safe--which is why it's such a shock when Hope is taken. Desperate to get her back, Abby tells the police everything she knows, but they...
5) The bad ones
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2024.
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English
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Teenage Nora uncovers dangerous secrets and eerie local lore surrounding disappearances in her small town, where a teacher and three high school students, including her best friend, go missing.
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While staying at an isolated cabin in the Adironacks, aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Rowan is drawn into the unsettling story of a socialite-turned-feminist crusader bent of helping women unleash their inner "wildness" who vanished in these same woods the summer of 1975 and is determined to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
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2023.
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Eleven-year-old Juniper sets out on a wild adventure to find her mother and protect a public park just days before Christmas.
10) The Search Party
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2024.
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English
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"A group of college friends reunite with their families on a glamping weekend in Cornwall when a powerful storm leaves them stranded, forcing them to confront long-held secrets and a dangerous disappearance"--
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When everyone in town disappears without a trace, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends, with no parental supervision, must figure out what happened to their families, but as they each deal with their fear differently, their friendships begin to fracture.
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2024.
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"When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24 hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past"--
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2024.
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"When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town--and people--she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge . . . including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's...
19) The revenge game
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[2023]
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Seventeen-year-old Alyson discovers her classmates' dark side when a top-secret competition to see who has the most sexual prowess ends with a popular LAX captain's disappearance.
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When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
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