NEWS!
Cora Verlag, the publisher of Harlequin novels in Germany, now Harper Collins Germany,has just acquired three of Linda Cargill's young adult novels: Dead Man's Rock, The Louvered Window, and Never Kiss A Vampire. Look for these romantic thrillers in future Mystery and Mystery Thriller collections in German.
Cora Verlag, the publisher of Harlequin novels in Germany, now Harper Collins Germany,has just acquired three of Linda Cargill's young adult novels: Dead Man's Rock, The Louvered Window, and Never Kiss A Vampire. Look for these romantic thrillers in future Mystery and Mystery Thriller collections in German.
Featured Single Titles: Young Adult Thrillers and Supernatural Novels:
Revenge
Doreen has to be up by the crack of dawn to let in the neighbors and others, including a police officer, who are all waiting for 4:00PM to find out if they will all be millionaires or paupers. Her father and mother are presiding over the party and show everyone to a seat on the fancy new furniture. The tension mounts as the hour of judgement nears. Doreen remembers how her grandmother warned her father not to move to Arizona only two months ago. There was something in the family's past from one hundred years ago about shady goings on in this pioneer state which had just become part of the Union in those days. Funny how her father trusted all his money to a man he didn't know as well as all of his neighbor's money, and now this. Could it be revenge out of the past?
Only Josh isn't here. Her new boyfriend told her last night that he had an idea. She wondered if he was pursuing it right now. Somebody had better do something or they will probably all be finished in only a couple of hours by greedy people who want to rob them of everything they have as the clock ticks down to 4PM.
Revenge is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Revenge, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Meteor, Lake, Stranger, Sister, and Haircut.
Only Josh isn't here. Her new boyfriend told her last night that he had an idea. She wondered if he was pursuing it right now. Somebody had better do something or they will probably all be finished in only a couple of hours by greedy people who want to rob them of everything they have as the clock ticks down to 4PM.
Revenge is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Revenge, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Meteor, Lake, Stranger, Sister, and Haircut.
Meteor
Eve can’t get her boyfriend, Drew, to kiss her. She arranges a perfect set up with her best friend, who puts a hole through Drew’s tire. While they are sitting there in the car she talks about the romantic moon. But Drew suddenly sees a meteor. He calls to Eve’s father, and they both rush up to the telescope on the roof, then head off into the woods to find where the thing has landed. Eve commiserates with her mother about being a “star widow” when the twosome are back. They have discovered a body in the woods, another one of their fellow star gazers who was probably looking for the meteor crater, too. He seems to have been murdered.
Do astronomy and murder mix? They never have before! Who could be waiting out in the woods to get her boyfriend? Eve had better figure it out soon, or she will be a widow for sure.
Meteor is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Meteor, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers such as Lake, Stranger, Sister, Haircut, and Whispers.
Do astronomy and murder mix? They never have before! Who could be waiting out in the woods to get her boyfriend? Eve had better figure it out soon, or she will be a widow for sure.
Meteor is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Meteor, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers such as Lake, Stranger, Sister, Haircut, and Whispers.
Lake
Michelle gets dragged along to the mountains for the junior class picnic. Despite the warning sign: Swim at your own risk, the kids insist on swimming in a small, deserted lake with no one else around, not even fish, bird, or the normal wildlife. Michelle doesn’t want to go in the water. She’s spooked by all the gnarled and twisted branches that look like bodies lying by the lakeshore. This is one creepy place, and she can’t wait to go home.
Suddenly she sees it. A dead body surfaces in the middle of the lake while the other kids cavort around it and don’t even seem to pay attention. She calls out all sorts of warnings, but they act as if they don’t even hear her. What is going on here? But then Michelle realizes that she is the only one not in the lake.
Lake is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Lake, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Stranger, Sister, Haircut, Whispers, and Nameless.
Suddenly she sees it. A dead body surfaces in the middle of the lake while the other kids cavort around it and don’t even seem to pay attention. She calls out all sorts of warnings, but they act as if they don’t even hear her. What is going on here? But then Michelle realizes that she is the only one not in the lake.
Lake is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Lake, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Stranger, Sister, Haircut, Whispers, and Nameless.
Stranger
Kate has invited all her friends over to her bedroom to pull an all-nighter finishing a science project. But when they all dig in to have breakfast first one friend, then the other tries to keep her away from the newspaper. They turn off the radio. On the way to school they try to convince her to go somewhere else. Another friend shows up to block her from getting out of the car in the parking lot. Then she sees it. Johnathan, her old boyfriend who disappeared and could not be found at the beginning of their senior year, suddenly has turned up again. In fact, he's the tour guide for their field trip to Colonial Williamsburg that day! Worse, he doesn't even recognize her.
What could be going on here? It isn't possible that Johnathan would not recognize her after only a few months. But he acts like a complete stranger! What has Johnathan been up to? Is it something illegal? Is that why he is so standoffish? Kate had better figure it out soon before the police show up and cart both her and Johnathan away.
Stranger is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Stranger you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Sister, Haircut, Whispers, Nameless, and Blues.
What could be going on here? It isn't possible that Johnathan would not recognize her after only a few months. But he acts like a complete stranger! What has Johnathan been up to? Is it something illegal? Is that why he is so standoffish? Kate had better figure it out soon before the police show up and cart both her and Johnathan away.
Stranger is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Stranger you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Sister, Haircut, Whispers, Nameless, and Blues.
Haircut
Danielle has a nightmare about her rival, Marjorie Fox. Marjorie is after her boyfriend, Daren. She meets her on the beach and throws her in the trunk of her car. She takes Marjorie to the base of an old oak tree in her front yard and throws her into a gaping dark hole. But the nightmare turns on Danielle. As she tries to get away a low-hanging branch grabs hold of her long reddish gold hair. She ends up swinging from the tree by her hair. She wakes up in her bed with her long, waist-length hair wrapped around her neck and must struggle to disentangle herself from it. Even worse, when she goes downstairs for breakfast, she sees a strange person she has never seen before hanging around the very same oak tree staring back at her. It was just a dream, wasn't it? Or was the nightmare something else? Danielle had better figure it out pretty soon. Either that or she had better get a haircut.
Haircut was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Haircut, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Whispers, Nameless, Blues, Sister, and Dream.
Haircut was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Haircut, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Whispers, Nameless, Blues, Sister, and Dream.
Whispers
Viola has moved to a cottage on the bluffs in Washington state. Her first night there is a storm. She has a nightmare about an old crone who warns her to beware. When she wakes up her pets are both alerting to an old clam man down on the beach. They go investigate. The man looks ancient. He stares at her and asks her if she has come back. He won't believe her when she tries to explain that she is new around here. She tries to get away only to hear someone calling to her. It sounds like a girl's voice. But she cannot see a girl anywhere around. Finally she looks down at the sand. She gets down on her knees. She puts her ear to holes in the sand. She hears a voice that very distinctly complains, "You stepped on me."
What is going on around the tiny town of Cliffs? Is Viola having a waking nightmare? Or it something far more sinister? Viola had better figure it out before she gets scared to death.
Whispers is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Whispers you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Nameless, Blues, Sister, Dream, and Haunted.
What is going on around the tiny town of Cliffs? Is Viola having a waking nightmare? Or it something far more sinister? Viola had better figure it out before she gets scared to death.
Whispers is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Whispers you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Nameless, Blues, Sister, Dream, and Haunted.
Nameless
A teenage girl wakes up in the trunk of a car. Auto mechanics in some small town in the West called Hole are working on it. Everybody is astonished to find her there —- but nobody more than the girl herself. When they ask her who she is and where she comes from, she doesn’t remember. All she has to go by are disjointed scenes in her mind about some sort of play on a stage. Somebody is reciting lines. There is a skull and an open coffin. She can almost hear the lines. But she doesn’t recall where that was or even when. She can taste the fright, something that must be blocking her memory.
The garage mechanic gives her a wad of cash and tells her to get out of his shop. But immediately she gets into trouble with a group of teenage girls who tease her and claim she must be a prostitute with those expensive clothes and diamonds around her neck. The girl doesn’t know who she is, why she is here, or how to get out of it. But she had better figure it out soon before she goes from the car trunk to the town jail.
Nameless was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Nameless, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers such as Blues, Sister, Dream, Haunted, and Gypsy.
The garage mechanic gives her a wad of cash and tells her to get out of his shop. But immediately she gets into trouble with a group of teenage girls who tease her and claim she must be a prostitute with those expensive clothes and diamonds around her neck. The girl doesn’t know who she is, why she is here, or how to get out of it. But she had better figure it out soon before she goes from the car trunk to the town jail.
Nameless was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Nameless, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers such as Blues, Sister, Dream, Haunted, and Gypsy.
Blues
On the day before the Harbortown Deli was to open on Hilton Head Island Amy and her father heard her mother scream once. They found her dead outside the restaurant they were soon to call their own. Amy noticed a strange blue mist enveloping everything. That night she dreamed about a blue eye. Seven years later a new boy named Gary Drayton who speaks with a British accent joins her math class suddenly one day. Amy approaches to introduce herself. He removes his glasses. He has the same blue eye as the one she saw in her dreams the night her mother died.
What is going on here? Is it her imagination or something far worse? Amy had better figure it out before she ends up dead.
Blues was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Blues you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Sister, Dream, Haunted, Gypsy, and Candle.
What is going on here? Is it her imagination or something far worse? Amy had better figure it out before she ends up dead.
Blues was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Blues you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Sister, Dream, Haunted, Gypsy, and Candle.
Sister
Jenny and her best friend are about ready to get back against her big sixteeen-year-old sister, Shari, big time. She has betrayed Jenny. It is Shari’s job to mow the lawn. But she has been pushing her chores off on her twelve-year-old sister lately because Shari is always out on a date. So Jenny and her friend are sneaking up on Shari down in the living room to throw Queen Anne’s lace on her right when she is kissing her new dream beau. The flowers land on her head. Shari starts to sneeze. The girls start to run. But the new boyfriend glares up at them. That is when Jenny freaks. The boyfriend doesn’t look normal. He has a weird light in his eye. His complexion is white and pasty. His nose is a weird shape. He looks at her like a hellion.
Has Shari become blind? Can’t she see what she is kissing? What is really going on here? Jenny had better figure it out, or things might get a lot worse than having to mow the lawn on Saturday.
Sister is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Sister, you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill such as Dream, Haunted, Gypsy, Candle, and Bienville.
Has Shari become blind? Can’t she see what she is kissing? What is really going on here? Jenny had better figure it out, or things might get a lot worse than having to mow the lawn on Saturday.
Sister is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Sister, you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill such as Dream, Haunted, Gypsy, Candle, and Bienville.
Haunted
One day Denise gets a surprise package in the mail. She opens it up and finds a mirror with all sorts of elaborate woodwork around it. She thinks it is for her mother who collects antiques, but it is addressed to her. When she gazes into it she is shocked. The image gazing back at her doesn’t look like Plain Old Jane Denise Manning, the most average senior in the high school. Instead it looks like a gorgeous blond movie star. Denise may be blond, but she doesn’t look like that, or does she? She turns the mirror this way and that. The image blinks when she blinks. It nods when she nods. It raises its hand when she does. Perhaps she never took a really good look at herself before.
But just as she smiles she hears a laugh. She looks down in shock at one of the carved figures on the mirror. It is smiling and winking at her. What is going on here? Is it Denise’s imagination or something far more sinister? Is she being haunted? Denise had better figure it out before she gets scared to death.
Haunted was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Mirror you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Gypsy, Dream, Candle, Bienville, and Desert.
But just as she smiles she hears a laugh. She looks down in shock at one of the carved figures on the mirror. It is smiling and winking at her. What is going on here? Is it Denise’s imagination or something far more sinister? Is she being haunted? Denise had better figure it out before she gets scared to death.
Haunted was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Mirror you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Gypsy, Dream, Candle, Bienville, and Desert.
Gypsy
Lila moves to northern Montana with her parents. Her father is a crime novelist. But the story she finds in the newspaper on the doorstep sounds far more wild than any of his tales. Apparently a young man and woman, both Gypsies, boarded a train recently and played cards with a group of teenage boys and girls. The boys and girls were never the same again. All seem to be staring out the window watching for something. One mother apparently went outside in the snow to see what her daughter was staring at. She found a peculiar footprint or paw print, it was hard to tell which. It looked partly human but also like a grizzly, too. The mother hired a trapper. Neither could figure it out.
Lila can hardly believe it until she looks down at the snow herself. She sees the same phenomenal print. Is somebody after her? The whole town? What is going on here? She had better figure it out before she ends up in a murder thriller herself.
Gypsy is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Gypsy, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Dream, Candle, Bienville, Desert, and Ancestress.
Lila can hardly believe it until she looks down at the snow herself. She sees the same phenomenal print. Is somebody after her? The whole town? What is going on here? She had better figure it out before she ends up in a murder thriller herself.
Gypsy is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Gypsy, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Dream, Candle, Bienville, Desert, and Ancestress.
Dream
Sandy and her parents are opening a vintage clothing shop in Idaho Falls on her seventeenth birthday. Her parents sell clothes from the 1950s, and their house is decorated that way, too. Her bedroom walls are covered with vintage movie posters from that era. Is that why she gets carried away and starts to dream about a beau dressed in 1950s clothes driving a motorcycle? He only visits her at night in her dreams. It gets so intense that Sandy longs to go to bed just to go on a date. Other boys seem dull by comparison, and even her best friend can’t get her to go out anymore.
One morning when she gets up there is a cut on her neck. It gets worse as the days go by. Has she injured herself? Has some animals gotten through her open windows at night? Sandy had better figure out what is going on and why her dreams are so compelling before she gets lost in them and never wakes up again.
Dream was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Dream, you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill such as Candle, Bienville, Desert, Ancestress, and Avalanche
One morning when she gets up there is a cut on her neck. It gets worse as the days go by. Has she injured herself? Has some animals gotten through her open windows at night? Sandy had better figure out what is going on and why her dreams are so compelling before she gets lost in them and never wakes up again.
Dream was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Dream, you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill such as Candle, Bienville, Desert, Ancestress, and Avalanche
Candle
Maggie has just moved to Midnight Beach. She is the gauche kid driving a Humvee and doesn't have any friends. The girls in the "in crowd" decide they don't want anything to do with her unless she meets a test. She must spend the night in the graveyard alone without fleeing. Then they know she has the right stuff. But Maggie doesn't know until it is too late that this island has a spooky legend associated with it. One hundred years before a planter's wife was scared of the dark. He lighted a candle by her bed every night. When she died in childbirth he remembered. Every night in the cemetery he lighted the same candle so she would not be alone. In the middle of the night all alone in the graveyard herself, Maggie sees that light. Is the place really haunted or what? Or is it a practical joke or something worse? She had better figure it out or somebody may be lighting a candle for her.
Candle was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Candle, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bienville, Desert, Ancestress, Avalanche, and Bully.
Candle was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Candle, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bienville, Desert, Ancestress, Avalanche, and Bully.
Bienville
Laura has just turned seventeen —- in a New Orleans orphanage. This is her last chance to find parents. Someone named Bienville wants to adopt her. But who are they? They look elegant and well-dressed, but they are as old as grandparents.
She has had a dream about them as if somehow she knew them before long ago when she could not remember. They whisper to her in her sleep about a past life when she was someone else. Why else would she have been brought to the orphanage as a baby dressed in fine silks and with one hundred thousand dollars in an envelope under her silken pillow?
Should she go with the Bienvilles to their elegant house in New Orleans or should she marry her boyfriend, Robert, who wants her to come to New York? Robert she knows and trusts. But the allure and danger of the unknown beckons. Should she fight back? Or should she allow herself to be tempted? Laura is aware that this might be the most important decision she will ever make in her life — or perhaps in two lives.
Bienville is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bienville, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Desert, Ancestress, Bully, Avalanche, and Dig.
She has had a dream about them as if somehow she knew them before long ago when she could not remember. They whisper to her in her sleep about a past life when she was someone else. Why else would she have been brought to the orphanage as a baby dressed in fine silks and with one hundred thousand dollars in an envelope under her silken pillow?
Should she go with the Bienvilles to their elegant house in New Orleans or should she marry her boyfriend, Robert, who wants her to come to New York? Robert she knows and trusts. But the allure and danger of the unknown beckons. Should she fight back? Or should she allow herself to be tempted? Laura is aware that this might be the most important decision she will ever make in her life — or perhaps in two lives.
Bienville is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bienville, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Desert, Ancestress, Bully, Avalanche, and Dig.
Desert
Tess has just been forced to move to Tucson from Los Angeles against her will because her father works for the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. She feels out of place and wants to go home as she listens to coyotes howl at night. Somebody else evidently agrees. She picks up the phone. A voice that won’t identify itself calls her California and tells her he sees everything she is doing in the room. He warns Tess that she had better get out of town or he will murder her. Talk about homesickness and feeling unwelcome! Tess had better figure out who isn’t the good neighbor, or she could soon be dead.
Desert is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Desert, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Ancestress, Avalanche, Bully, Dig, and Pool.
Desert is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Desert, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Ancestress, Avalanche, Bully, Dig, and Pool.
Avalanche
Louise takes out her binoculars and studies the face of the huge snow-capped peak outside her cabin. She spies a black dot that seems to move. Sure enough it turns out to be a person. Her parents have gone to the Ice Station to study glaciers. She is keeping house. But why is the person descending the mountain and coming closer? She phones the Ice Station and they tell her to get out of there. They hang up right away. Do they know something she doesn’t? How is she going to survive hundreds of miles from civilization all by herself with only her Labrador Retriever to help her? Louise had better figure out what to do soon. Whoever it is is coming closer by the minute.
Avalanche is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Avalanche, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bully, Dig, Ancestress, Pool, and Cave.
Avalanche is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Avalanche, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bully, Dig, Ancestress, Pool, and Cave.
Bully
Ginger is the co-captain of the high school rafting team only because she lost all to the bully Alisal who has the biggest muscles and the most irascible temper in the school. But then why does she give in when he forces himself upon her and kisses her? She wonders when she finds herself at the bottom of the Grand Canyon with all ten rafters on the team. Alisal bullies each one of them and treats them like slaves to do his bidding. When she stands up to him and orders him to stop, she finds herself the victim of a bridge that collapses and nearly carries her away down the Colorado. Is Alisal trying to murder her next? Is he some sort of maniac or what? Ginger had better figure it all out, or she could be gone down the river for good.
Bully is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bully you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Ancestress, Dig, Pool, Cave, and Moon.
Bully is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bully you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Ancestress, Dig, Pool, Cave, and Moon.
Dig
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Nina and her best friend, Trixie, want to be archaeologists. They find a summer job on a mesa in Colorado digging up Indian ruins and catapult themselves into a murder mystery. The lead archaeologist, Dr. Van Der Meer, has just been murdered. His son, Josh Jr., has just taken over his millionaire father's dig. But queer things are going on at 7000 feet. Other workers are being murdered and disappearing. The late archaeologist's daughter gets crippled in her attempts to set things street. But Josh Jr. seems to be hiding something up his sleeve. When Nina and Trixie try to help, Josh Jr. threatens to arrest them. Nina had better get out of here before she gets pushed off a mountain ledge herself.
Dig is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Dig, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Ancestress, Pool, Cave, Shade, and Moon. |
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Ancestress
Irene moves with her parents to the wilds of Montana so her parents can work in Yellowstone studying bears and other wild creatures. It is bad enough to be away from her friends in the middle of nowhere. She even gets a weirdo note in the mail from her old boyfriend who did not want her to go that threatens that the bears are going to eat her. But their new house is strange, too. It is full of old portraits on the walls. One of them is particularly compelling. An elegant lady from the nineteenth century with a fancy necklace is starting straight at her. Irene cannot look away. No matter where she goes in the room she cannot escape it. It creeps into her dreams. Is this house haunted? Or did somebody put the portrait there to scare her away? Maybe it wasn't her former boyfriend after all who had sent the threatening notes about bears. Who doesn't like her? She had better figure it out, or Irene might end up dead.
Ancestress was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Ancestress, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Pool, Cave, Shade, Moon, and Snow.
Ancestress was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Ancestress, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Pool, Cave, Shade, Moon, and Snow.
Pool
Francie has just moved to town and joined the swim team. But the first day she shows up for a meet, two other swimmers in different lanes converge on her. One tries to attack her underwater from one side, the other from the other side. When she gets out, another swimmer approaches her and threatens her. Another is sulking in a corner giving her dirty looks. What is going on? Francie is new here. Why is everyone after her? She had better figure it out fast, or she will not make it past the deep end.
Pool was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Pool, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Cave, Shade, Moon, Snow, and Shadows.
Pool was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Pool, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Cave, Shade, Moon, Snow, and Shadows.
Cave
Viv wakes up from still another nightmare. Her cousin Lisa and Lisa’s boyfriend, Kevin, are presumed dead after getting lost during a school hike to the Grand Canyon. Teams have been searching for them for days. No one can find them. Without food and above all water there is no way they could still be alive.
Suddenly she gets a series of messages left on her doorstep in her cousin’s handwriting telling her where to find them and describing how to get to a certain cave deep in the Canyon. They need supplies if Viv will only bring them. Is this a prank or what? Why is somebody trying to lure her down to the Canyon where her cousin died of thirst and starvation. Or was it something worse? Were Lisa and Kevin killed? Were the killers now after her, too? Viv had better figure it all out, or she will be stone cold dead as a rock in the canyon, too.
Cave is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Cave, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Shade, Moon, Shadows, Snow, and Trees.
Suddenly she gets a series of messages left on her doorstep in her cousin’s handwriting telling her where to find them and describing how to get to a certain cave deep in the Canyon. They need supplies if Viv will only bring them. Is this a prank or what? Why is somebody trying to lure her down to the Canyon where her cousin died of thirst and starvation. Or was it something worse? Were Lisa and Kevin killed? Were the killers now after her, too? Viv had better figure it all out, or she will be stone cold dead as a rock in the canyon, too.
Cave is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Cave, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Shade, Moon, Shadows, Snow, and Trees.
Shade
Emily waits at her locker every day just to say hello to Scott Bradley, the high school dream to die for. One morning after she puts on her makeup in front of the mirror attached to the inside of her locker, she turns around and smiles radiantly only to see Ted. Ted is her next door neighbor that she has known ever since kindergarten. He is a total nothing. He is in her way. She tries to push past him. He pursues her and tries to get her to listen to something he says is important, but he doesn’t know what important is. She gets detention because of him and escapes only after school. She seeks out her special place in the park where she can lie there in the shade and gaze up into the trees.
Did she go to sleep or what? She looks up suddenly to see a lithe girl doing all sorts of gyrations in the trees that seem pretty impossible. The mystery girl defies the laws of gravity leaping down to the ground and back up into the trees. Has Emily’s mind been turned to mush? Is this what Ted does to her? Or is it something else? Emily had better figure it out before her whole brain gets put in the shade.
Shade was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shade you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Moon, Snow, Shadows, Trees, and Storm.
Did she go to sleep or what? She looks up suddenly to see a lithe girl doing all sorts of gyrations in the trees that seem pretty impossible. The mystery girl defies the laws of gravity leaping down to the ground and back up into the trees. Has Emily’s mind been turned to mush? Is this what Ted does to her? Or is it something else? Emily had better figure it out before her whole brain gets put in the shade.
Shade was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shade you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Moon, Snow, Shadows, Trees, and Storm.
Snow
Letitia can’t shake her nightmare. Every night on the trip west to her new home in St. Mary, Montana where her parents are setting up a ski resort, she hears a lady singing. Around the dream lady loom crystal chandeliers and dark wooden mahogany panels on the walls. She is sitting at a player piano. The dreams gets more and more vivid as the days go on and Letitia gets closer to the snow capped Rocky Mountains. She sees more and more details of the room, the stairs, and other people around the lady at the piano. They are whispering. The whispering gets louder. They seem to be talking about a murder.
What do they have to do with her? Her family? Her new home? Whose murder are they talking about? She had better figure it out before she gets there —- or else it might be hers.
Snow was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers, YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Snow you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Moon, Shadows, Trees, Storm, and Mirror.
What do they have to do with her? Her family? Her new home? Whose murder are they talking about? She had better figure it out before she gets there —- or else it might be hers.
Snow was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers, YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Snow you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Moon, Shadows, Trees, Storm, and Mirror.
Moon
Darcy Devon can’t take it anymore. Her millionaire parents won’t stop bugging her to date Randolph King, the son of an English client of theirs. She runs away to live in her grandparents’ house in the wilds of Montana. But no sooner does she unpack her suitcase than she notices that somebody who looks like an uncouth madman is following her. Nobody knows who he is. When she goes swimming, somebody is watching her. When she goes to bed, somebody is outside looking in. Wolves howl at midnight. She looks up at the sky and sees a black moon and shivers. What does this strange man want with her? Is he escaped from an asylum, or is it something worse?
Moon was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. If you liked Moon you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Shadows, Trees, Storm, Mirror, and Doubles.
Moon was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. If you liked Moon you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Shadows, Trees, Storm, Mirror, and Doubles.
Shadows
Dominique’s boyfriend, Sean, has been arrested for murder. Sure he had come from a rough background, a broken home, and lots of toughs for neighbors. But he was adopted now and had put it all behind him. When she looks into his dark eyes and feels his lips on hers she knows he loves her. Someone who loves cannot commit violence against someone else. Right? He swears to her he didn’t do it, and she believes him.
Domnique tries to hang onto her sanity through the trial and conviction until it comes down to her to prove that he was framed. But she had better get it right. She has only one chance. Someone lurks out there who doesn’t want to be identified or named —- the real killer. And she doesn’t want to be his next victim.
Shadows was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shadows you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Trees, Storm, Mirror, Doubles, and Bather.
Domnique tries to hang onto her sanity through the trial and conviction until it comes down to her to prove that he was framed. But she had better get it right. She has only one chance. Someone lurks out there who doesn’t want to be identified or named —- the real killer. And she doesn’t want to be his next victim.
Shadows was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shadows you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Trees, Storm, Mirror, Doubles, and Bather.
Trees
Shawna moves to Redwood, California with her family so her father can take a job studying sequoia trees in the Sierra Mountains. But as soon as they pull up in front of the general store, the locals greet them with astonishment. They warn them away and tell them to go back East. They can’t move into the house which they had originally planned to occupy. No one has lived there in one hundred years. The locals shy away from it. One old lady shakes her head and calls it “Evil” as she crosses herself. What is Shawna to do? It is 3000 miles away from the boyfriend she is trying to escape. But is it worth it if her life is somehow at risk?
Trees was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Trees, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Storm, Mirror, Doubles, Bather, and Reborn.
Trees was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Trees, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Storm, Mirror, Doubles, Bather, and Reborn.
Storm
Roxie has a dream of a pen pal. She’s been writing to Hayden since ninth grade. He has sent her tons of photos of himself and the ski shop where he works in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She often thinks about him at night while she is asleep and has had funny dreams about turning into an icicle. For where she lives in Arizona she has never so much as seen a snowflake.
But when she finally arrives in town, the snowstorm comes down fast and fiercely. Her family car almost gets buried in the snow. She remembers her dream about getting turned into an icicle. Is it coming true? And why does she hear a voice that sounds like Hayden? Where it is coming from? Is it her imagination? Or is it something far more sinister.
Storm is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Storm, you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Mirror, Doubles, Bather, Reborn, and Missing.
But when she finally arrives in town, the snowstorm comes down fast and fiercely. Her family car almost gets buried in the snow. She remembers her dream about getting turned into an icicle. Is it coming true? And why does she hear a voice that sounds like Hayden? Where it is coming from? Is it her imagination? Or is it something far more sinister.
Storm is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Storm, you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Mirror, Doubles, Bather, Reborn, and Missing.
Mirror
One afternoon Sondra is digging in her garden in Charlottesville and she uncovers a golden mirror with antique decorations buried in the ground under some bushes. Her neighbor warns her that it is obviously a museum piece that some thief stole. He buried the "hot goods" in her backyard so no one else would find the piece. He probably meant to sneak back and get it. He could arrive back any night intending to claim his property. If he got the idea she had found it, he would probably break into her house, find her in her bedroom, and kill her. What should Sondra do? The art work is obviously worth millions. Her life soon won't be worth anything at all.
Mirror is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Mirror, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Doubles, Bather, Reborn, Missing, and Canyon.
Mirror is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Mirror, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Doubles, Bather, Reborn, Missing, and Canyon.
Doubles
Wanda shows up for her first day of class at St. Simons High. But she is greeted with hoots about her clothes. The kids tease her that they aren’t swanky enough for her usual style when she deigns to emerge from the lighthouse on the beach where she supposedly lives. Then the English teacher greets her with a remark about how it is unusual for her to actually show up at class instead of hang around on the beach at all hours of the day and night, though Wanda has never seen the beach yet. She just got to town yesterday. Wanda can’t convince them that she has just moved here and doesn’t know anybody. A boy named David calls her Estelle and says she can’t fool him.
What is going on here? Wanda had better find out who is impersonating her, who is her double, before there is real hell to pay.
Doubles was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked doubles, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bather, Reborn, Missing, Canyon, and Rocks.
What is going on here? Wanda had better find out who is impersonating her, who is her double, before there is real hell to pay.
Doubles was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked doubles, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Bather, Reborn, Missing, Canyon, and Rocks.
Bather
Midge likes to walk beside the waterfalls near her house in the Rockies. But suddenly she hears a girl calling to her from the falls, asking for help. How is such a thing possible? She looks all around and finds a girl her own age stranded on a rocky ledge. She brings her home. The girl doesn’t seem to remember who she is, but she makes herself at home. She becomes a fixture in the upstairs bathroom taking baths and showers and talking to people on the cell phone. When Midge puts her ear to the door she hears others girls talking back but it sounds as if they are underwater! She hears voices still late at night outside. She looks out the window. The voices seem to be coming from the falls only a stone’s throw away. In fact, the falls seem to be getting ever closer to the house. The next days there is water in the living room. They have to bucket it out. What is going on? Midge had better figure it out soon, or she might get washed away.
Bather is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bather, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Reborn, Missing, Canyon, Rocks, and Movie.
Bather is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Bather, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Reborn, Missing, Canyon, Rocks, and Movie.
Reborn
Lenore Rawlings goes with her class on a field trip to a museum. She gets to see an ancient Egyptian mummy on loan from an Egyptian Museum. But as soon as the class steps into the darkened room, the lights go out. She hears someone calling her name. She even feels someone touching her neck. It is the creepiest feeling she has ever experienced in her life. No wonder! Lenore has been reunited with her companions from a previous lifetime long ago. The world of the mummies is calling her along with her lost love. She wants to be a normal high school student nowadays. She already has a boyfriend. She doesn’t want to tell him that she is reborn. What is she supposed to do?
Reborn is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Reborn you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Missing, Canyon, Rocks, Movie, and Boardwalk.
Reborn is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Reborn you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Missing, Canyon, Rocks, Movie, and Boardwalk.
Canyon
Belle is supposed to meet her boyfriend, Les, in Red Rock Canyon. She has just moved to Montana, and he said he must show her something. Her life depends on it. And only he can show it to her. She waits impatiently by the rushing stream gushing over red rocks, almost mesmerized by the power of the water. Something is etched in one of the rocks only inches above the stream. It is the small stick figure of a man. What does it mean? Suddenly a gun fires. A bullet ricochets off the rocks and almost hits her. She falls to the rocks. Belle can only conclude that she wasn’t supposed to see it. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Canyon is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Canyon you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Rocks, Missing, Movie, Boardwalk, and Alone.
Canyon is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Canyon you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Rocks, Missing, Movie, Boardwalk, and Alone.
Rocks
Karla’s family moves to a ranch in Arizona. She’s never seen so many rocks lying about here and there. They stop at a rest area called Texas Canyon which looks like an enormous pile of boulders high into the sky. It looks as if a tribe of giants must have placed them there. How else did they get so high? But when her family is washing their hands, she turns her back to the boulders to take a pictures. Suddenly she hears an enormous roar. She turns around to see boulders cascading down the slope toward her. She races away and saves herself only in the nick of time. But when the dust clears, she looks up through the rubble to the top of the boulders to see a suspicious-looking dude. He is glaring at her as if hates her. Did he start a rockslide somehow? Did he try to murder her? Karla had better figure out what is going on here. Either that or she had better get out of Arizona fast.
Rocks is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Rocks you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Missing, Movie, Boardwalk, Alone, and Stepsisters.
Rocks is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Rocks you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Missing, Movie, Boardwalk, Alone, and Stepsisters.
Missing
Phillip was gone. He had been Miranda's best friend. She couldn't get over thinking about how he had gone out to sea in that boat and never returned. Not that it was atypical in this tiny village on the Oregon Coast that made a living out of fishing and fishermen. But when a bottle washes ashore, a tiny glass float, Miranda can't help but keep it next to her bed. It makes her think of him. She likes to imagine he put a note in it for her, a note in a bottle, so that maybe someday he will come back to her.
But then she hears his voice. She thinks she must be going crazy or imagining things. Never is she more shocked to look down and see a tiny figure in the bottle who couldn't be more than three inches tall. Is that Phillip? How could it be possible? She must be dreaming, or this must be a nightmare.
Missing was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Missing, you will like other young adult thrillers by LInda Cargill such as Movie, Boardwalk, Alone, Stepsisters, and Vanished.
But then she hears his voice. She thinks she must be going crazy or imagining things. Never is she more shocked to look down and see a tiny figure in the bottle who couldn't be more than three inches tall. Is that Phillip? How could it be possible? She must be dreaming, or this must be a nightmare.
Missing was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Missing, you will like other young adult thrillers by LInda Cargill such as Movie, Boardwalk, Alone, Stepsisters, and Vanished.
Movie
Merle is having the dream of her life. She’s planing along in a sailboat along the waves in San Diego Bay. The wind is in her hair. The sun is on her cheeks. A hunk from nowhere suddenly steps into her boat and kisses her, saying, “This is just like a movie!” But then the boat sinks! She wakes up thinking it is a nightmare, but the nightmare becomes all too real when her senior class wins a trip to the fancy resort at the beach in San Diego on Coronado Island. And suddenly as soon as she hits the beach in her new bikini all her friends disappear and she can’t find them anymore. She goes to the movie theater in the lobby that is constantly playing old hits. Suddenly there they are up on the screen —- all her friends in lights! But it is impossible This movie was made years ago. In fact it was made in the 1950’s! How is such a thing possible? Or isn’t it? Merle had better find out what’s going on before she finds herself up on that spooky screen, too.
Movie is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked movie you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Boardwalk, Alone, Stepsisters, Vanished, and Piano Player.
Movie is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked movie you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Boardwalk, Alone, Stepsisters, Vanished, and Piano Player.
Boardwalk
Shannon Whalen thinks of the boardwalks where she used to live in the East before moving to Washington state. They had hot dog stands. They had shops and bicycle rentals. They had amusement parks and lots and lots of people. She could hear the music in her ears right now as she opens the door to her new home and with anticipation gazes out at the boardwalk that leads practically from her door to the sea. Not a soul is visible anywhere, only sea birds squawking in her face and the sound of the sea. Shannon hears a shout. Now she thinks she sees a boat with a sail. But when she goes out to wave at the folks, nobody is there. Was it her imagination, or is it something far more sinister in this lonely, God-forsaken coastline with the big waves and the mirages? Shannon had better find out before she joins the ghastly crew playing tricks on the living.
Boardwalk is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Boardwalk, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Alone, Stepsisters, Vanished, Piano Player, and Shipwreck.
Boardwalk is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Boardwalk, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Alone, Stepsisters, Vanished, Piano Player, and Shipwreck.
Stepsisters
Misty and her girlfriends are commiserating with each other about their parents’ divorces. Even worse, her father just got remarried. Her new stepsister that she has never met before is moving in her house. Not only is Helen all too attractive, putting Misty in the shadows, she has a huge collection of tropical fish. If that wasn’t enough to creep her out, no sooner are the fish tanks set up than Misty imagines the fish are looking at her. If things could get more disastrous, she thinks she sees the faces of people she knows on the fish. Is it a case of denial about her parents’ divorce or something far more sinister? Misty had better find out before she totally loses her mind.
Stepsisters is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Stepsisters, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Alone, Vanished, Piano Player, Shipwreck, and Gondola.
Stepsisters is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Stepsisters, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill including Alone, Vanished, Piano Player, Shipwreck, and Gondola.
Alone
Jan has had a huge blow up with her mother. She decides to run away from home and go to Florida with her boyfriend. But when she tries to get him to leave the restaurant where he works and come with her, he refuses. He has to stay with his mother. So she tries to go it alone. But at the first shopping center she comes to she witnesses a murder. A girl is pushed into the fountain by a hooded bandit. At the beach she tries to rescue someone out at sea only to be pulled under by a malicious prankster and nearly killed herself. Jan is all alone. Will she make it by herself? Or should she throw in the towel before she ends up six feet under.
Alone was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Alone, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Vanished, Piano Player, Shipwreck, Gondola, and Nighty-Night.
Alone was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Alone, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Vanished, Piano Player, Shipwreck, Gondola, and Nighty-Night.
Vanished
Bridget has just met the date of her life at a party on the beach. But she forgot to ask his name. No matter, she was to meet him again the next day. But when she rushes to the beach, he’s not there as he promised. None of her beach going friends seems to remember meeting the guy last night though all the girls danced with him and the guys worked the grills with him and surfed with him. What is going on? Bridget had better figure it out, or she might just disappear next.
Vanished was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Vanished you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Piano Player, Shipwreck, Gondola, Nighty-Night, and Old Man.
Vanished was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Vanished you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Piano Player, Shipwreck, Gondola, Nighty-Night, and Old Man.
Shipwreck
Gail gets a mysterious gift from her great aunt for her eighteenth birthday —- a bracelet with faces painted on it that her mother identifies as long ago ancestors who lived on the Oregon Coast. Gail thinks it is so ugly and disturbing (she has nightmares about it) that she tries to throw it away. But the garbage man returns it to her. Suddenly her father gets a transfer to a lighthouse on the same part of the Oregon Coast. But when they try to get to the small town of Mystic Cliffs all the locals balk. One night half the town died in a huge storm at sea. They were all fishermen, and their boats sank. Since then the town has been deserted. This place of ill omen seems to be drawing Gail on, and there is nothing she can do about it. It has caught her in its clutches.
Shipwreck was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shipwreck, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Piano Player, Gondola, Nighty-Night, Old Man, and My Aunt, the Witch.
Shipwreck was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Shipwreck, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Piano Player, Gondola, Nighty-Night, Old Man, and My Aunt, the Witch.
Piano Player
A young woman in white sails across the lake to Lake House, now deserted and abandoned from long ago. Her ghostly figure walks through the doors to the piano and begins to play Beethoven’s Fifth. It echoes through the empty halls. A ghostly attendant brings her a news article about a girl named Beryl in Philadelphia, an heiress. They will write her and summon her to Lake House today. She must play the part that all the girls of Lake House are destined to play. It is fate.
Piano Player is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Book, LLC. If you liked Piano Player you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Gondola, Nighty-Night, Old Man, My Aunt, the Witch, and Noah.
Piano Player is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Book, LLC. If you liked Piano Player you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Gondola, Nighty-Night, Old Man, My Aunt, the Witch, and Noah.
Gondola
Heiress Alexandra Banks is waiting for her room to be ready at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego. She takes a gondola ride around the bay. But she ends up in medieval Venice instead of San Diego when she steps out of the boat at the end of the ride. She is arrested, thrown into the dungeon at the Doge’s Palace, and put on trial as a witch. How does she escape? Will she make it back in time to have dinner with her parents at the resort? Read the time travel young adult thriller called Gondola.
Gondola is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Gondola you will enjoy other young adult suspense novels by Linda Cargill such as Nighty-Night, Old Man, My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, and Island.
Gondola is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Gondola you will enjoy other young adult suspense novels by Linda Cargill such as Nighty-Night, Old Man, My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, and Island.
Old Man
Cassidy and her best friend, Betsy, are looking for Butch. Her boyfriend got lost in the Dixie National Forest. The class was on a hike. But Butch had his own agenda. He was looking for the Old Man of the Mountain. Cassidy had told him that was a legend, but Butch did not care. And now he was missing. Who was this Old Man of the Mountain? Stories said that many hikers had met their doom trying to see his face. Disillusioned in love, he had turned his back on the world and had hidden away. He claimed that no one who saw his face would survive. Had he carried out his threat? Would he find Cassidy and Betsy, too? Find out. Read the Old Man thriller.
Old Man is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Old Man you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Nighty-Night, My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, Island, and Jasper.
Old Man is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Old Man you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Nighty-Night, My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, Island, and Jasper.
Nighty-night
Mel’s friends send her notes with Nighty Night written on them. No wonder! Mel has to constantly babysit her new baby sister. It’s a drag on her social life where she has been forced to move her senior year of high school —- Hilton Head Island. Not only that, she has just lost her boyfriend from back home in Pittsburgh to the class flirt. Mel feels all washed up. But then she stumbles into trouble big time. She finds a girl sitting on the beach in a lounge chair. She is dead —- murdered! But the police think she has done it. What will Mel do? Freak or fight in Nighty-Night.
Nighty-Night was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Nighty-Night you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, Island, Jasper, and Black Lake.
Nighty-Night was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Nighty-Night you will like other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, the Witch, Noah, Island, Jasper, and Black Lake.
Noah
The rock sticking up out of the sea is always in Arlene’s face ever since her father has moved to coastal Oregon to work for Parks and Recreation and post signs about tsunamis. She keeps on having nightmares about. Now she hears that there is a curse associated with it. Long ago some pirates buried a treasure there. That must account for why she constantly sees people swimming out to it and prowling around it. Even worse a beach bum named Noah hangs around it. Then he starts coming after her. Is Noah a pirate himself? What does he really want? His very name means a wanderer on the seas. Arlene had better figure it out soon or she will end up as dead as the bones reputed to be buried in the rock.
Noah was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Noah you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, The Witch, Island, Jasper, Black Lake, and Dear Diary.
Noah was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Noah you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, The Witch, Island, Jasper, Black Lake, and Dear Diary.
Island
Chelsea is trapped on an island in the middle of a lake in Wyoming. She has gone here for the summer while her parents are on safari in Africa. Her Aunt Chelsea and her maids are the only people Chelsea sees for weeks. There is no one her own age like her friends back home. Even worse she does not want to venture outside. There is a boiling cauldron not far away from her aunt's house where the maids rumor that an evil spirit lives. She does not feel like a teenager in America anymore. She feels like a girl imprisoned in a fairytale haunted by demons without a prince to help her escape.
Island is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Island you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, the Witch, Jasper, Black Lake, Dear Diary, and Gold Hair.
Island is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Island you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as My Aunt, the Witch, Jasper, Black Lake, Dear Diary, and Gold Hair.
My Aunt, The Witch
Adele’s father mysteriously disappeared two years before. Ever since then strange things have been happening around Pungo, a tiny town just on the outskirts of Virginia Beach. Even one of her best friends almost gets eaten by a shark. Is it a run of bad luck or what? She goes to visit her Aunt Esmeralda in the country. She finds her collecting snakes and doing a strange dance. Adele asks why. Her aunt tells her that she is a witch and is drawing upon special powers to help control the unruly things that happen in life. She suggests that Adele try it, too. But there are dark forces out there that can challenge even a witch when another one of her friends goes missing, too.
My Aunt, The Witch was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked My Aunt, The Witch you will enjoy Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Jasper, Black Lake, Dear Diary, Gold Hair, and Thorns.
My Aunt, The Witch was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked My Aunt, The Witch you will enjoy Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Jasper, Black Lake, Dear Diary, Gold Hair, and Thorns.
Black Lake
Sheila sleepwalks to the lake next to her house called by the locals the Black Lake. She wakes up standing in the muck at night with a moose staring into her face in the Wyoming back country where she lives. But that isn't the worst of it. She hears men slogging along through the wet ground. She hides herself in the reeds to watch two goons dump something into the water. She approaches slowly after they are gone. It's a dead body, the body of a young girl! Is she still dreaming or is this for real? If she closes her eyes, maybe she will wake up safe back in her bed. Anything can happen at Black Lake. Nightmares become real. But she had better figure out what to do next or she will end up in the lake herself.
Originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Black Lake is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Black Lake you will enjoy Linda Cargill's other young adult thrillers such as Jasper, Dear Diary, Gold Hair, Thorns, and Attic.
Originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Black Lake is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Black Lake you will enjoy Linda Cargill's other young adult thrillers such as Jasper, Dear Diary, Gold Hair, Thorns, and Attic.
Jasper
School’s out. Opal and her friend Fern are looking for summer jobs without success. It even gives Opal bad dreams. A lady keeps calling her on the phone but she never gets hired. They apply for every fast food position in the shopping center. In the parking lot a dude is handing out windshield advertisements about jobs in Alberta, Canada at a swanky resort. The notices are signed by a lady named Jasper. Who is Jasper? Opal looks at the dude and sees a precious jasper stone on a gold band dangling from his neck. When she stares at the stone eyes are staring back at her —- the same eyes she saw in her nightmare.
Jasper is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Jasper, you will enjoy Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Dear Diary, Gold Hair, Thorns, Attic, and Lighthouse.
Jasper is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Jasper, you will enjoy Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Dear Diary, Gold Hair, Thorns, Attic, and Lighthouse.
Dear Diary
Abigail must move to the High Sierras so her geologist father can study glaciers. But she’s been haunted by bad dreams which she records in her diary. A girl’s reflection has been looking back at her from the surface of a lake. Before she wakes, the girl pulls her into the water night after night. When she gets to the town of Mirror Lake, California she is startled to find just such a lake right next to their cabin in the woods. It gets even worse when she and her mother try to swim in the lake and a boy hired to take care of the cabin tells them to stay away. It’s dangerous for real. He tells her to pack up and go home or she won’t live to see tomorrow.
Dear Diary was originally published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Dear Diary you will like Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Attic, Blond Hair, Thorns, Lighthouse, and Ghost Town
Dear Diary was originally published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Dear Diary you will like Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Attic, Blond Hair, Thorns, Lighthouse, and Ghost Town
Thorns
Lindsey lives in a flower garden, a rose garden to be more exact. Her father cultivates white roses. One night she dreams about a dark shadow in a hooded cloak who invades the garden dropping red rose petals instead. She chases Lindsey and she gets caught in a tomb of rosebushes and thorns. She can’t escape until she wakes up only to find out that her father’s garden really has been invaded by red rose petals. They seem to be blowing in on a storm from the sea. And the robe that the dream image wore is standing there starting at her sending chills up her spine. When she grabs it nothing is there. It is caught on a thorn. But it keeps on appearing again and again until somebody at play practice steps on a particularly nasty thorn. Is a prankster at work? Who is invading the garden? The same girl who is stealing her boyfriend? Or it it something worse?
Thorns is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Thorns you will like Linda Cargill’s other young adult thriller novels such as Gold Hair, Attic, Lighthouse, Ghost Town, and Cat Sleuth.
Thorns is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Thorns you will like Linda Cargill’s other young adult thriller novels such as Gold Hair, Attic, Lighthouse, Ghost Town, and Cat Sleuth.
Gold Hair
Cynthia’s long golden hair inspired her father, the botanist, to germinate a special gold rose named after her, the Cynthia Rose, one perfect rose. But shortly after that he disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was presumed dead. Now Cynthia is about ready to get engaged to the hunk of the senior class who runs a big rose company in Oregon. So what’s going on? Why is she suddenly pursued by a guy with a black mask? Why is her boyfriend’s housekeeper’s daughter murdered? She had better get her life in order or she could end up like the famous botanist —- dead.
Gold Hair was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Gold Hair, you will also enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Attic, Lighthouse, Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, and Pirates Ahoy.
Gold Hair was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Gold Hair, you will also enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Attic, Lighthouse, Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, and Pirates Ahoy.
Attic
Gwendolyn finds a mysterious staircase that seems to lead up to an attic in the new house she and her family are touring in Tucson where they are moving. The current owner of the house dismisses the old room and says they wouldn’t be interested. Instead the lady leads them over to the inground pool in the backyard where Gwendolyn’s brother is already swimming and playing. He throws a ball out that lands in a pond with a waterfalls. She tries to retrieve it when she catches sight of a girl’s face in the water that seems to sink down under the surface and disappear.
What’s going on here? No wonder the previous owners are so anxious to sell the property that makes chills go up her spine. What are her parents getting themselves into?
Attic is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this novel you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Lighthouse, Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, and Wrong Way.
What’s going on here? No wonder the previous owners are so anxious to sell the property that makes chills go up her spine. What are her parents getting themselves into?
Attic is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this novel you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Lighthouse, Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, and Wrong Way.
Nowhere
Connie has just moved to a lake in Montana. Her parents see real estate possibilities. She answers the phone. A mysterious voice asks for Johnny. She says, “Johnny doesn’t live here.” The man on the voice doesn’t believe her. He gives her a message. “Tell Johnny to meet me 8000 miles from Tokyo.” When she refuses he tells her do it or else she might be dead.
Who is this mysterious caller? Who is Johnny? And why do the movers who are bringing the furniture into the cottage by the lake freak when she tells them what the caller said. They zoom away without saying one word.
What is going on? Should she turn right around and flee back to Virginia herself? What kind of future could there be out west here in the middle of nowhere with an inexplicable death threat hanging over her head? Connie had better figure it all out soon or she might find herself doing the dead man’s float in the lake.
Nowhere is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you enjoyed Nowhere you will also like other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill including Midnight, The Lost, 1935 Plot, Murder on Spirit Island, and Dark Wings.
Who is this mysterious caller? Who is Johnny? And why do the movers who are bringing the furniture into the cottage by the lake freak when she tells them what the caller said. They zoom away without saying one word.
What is going on? Should she turn right around and flee back to Virginia herself? What kind of future could there be out west here in the middle of nowhere with an inexplicable death threat hanging over her head? Connie had better figure it all out soon or she might find herself doing the dead man’s float in the lake.
Nowhere is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you enjoyed Nowhere you will also like other young adult thriller novels by Linda Cargill including Midnight, The Lost, 1935 Plot, Murder on Spirit Island, and Dark Wings.
White
May finds herself transported to what looks like the middle of the Sahara Desert just outside Yuma near the Imperial and Dunes. Her father is supposed to work at a nearby military base. They move into a house near the dunes that used to be inhabited by the pioneers a century or more ago. At night she hears sighs and moans. She thinks she sees a white lady with long fingers and long hair out in the desert at night. Sometimes when the wind blows she hears her screams. At night she feels the lady touching her cheeks.
May had better get out of the desert fast. The winds are blowing harder all the time. A giant sandstorm picks her up off her feet. Even worse, the howling winds seem to have the voice of that woman from long ago.
White is a young adult supernatural novel brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked White you will like other horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, Dark Wings, Screaming Woman Mystery, Nowhere, The Lost, The Skull, and Nevermore.
May had better get out of the desert fast. The winds are blowing harder all the time. A giant sandstorm picks her up off her feet. Even worse, the howling winds seem to have the voice of that woman from long ago.
White is a young adult supernatural novel brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked White you will like other horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, Dark Wings, Screaming Woman Mystery, Nowhere, The Lost, The Skull, and Nevermore.
Midnight
Someone's out there on the Back Bay in Virginia Beach among the marshes with the banjo frogs, mosquitoes, and poisonous snakes. Leslie hears him rowing through the silent waters at midnight, sending chills up her spine. One night when she’s taking a walk he rows up to her, beckons with his finger, and in a gravelly voice beckons her to take a ride in his kayak. She backs up shaking her head. Whoever climbs in and paddles away is never seen again. Her best friend has already disappeared. Leslie doesn't want to be next in this young adult mystery thriller novel, Midnight.
Midnight was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC, has just published a new edition of this horror novel. Stories out of the past. If you liked Midnight you will like Dark Wings, The Skull, Undertow, Nevermore, and Turned To Stone, other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill.
Midnight was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC, has just published a new edition of this horror novel. Stories out of the past. If you liked Midnight you will like Dark Wings, The Skull, Undertow, Nevermore, and Turned To Stone, other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill.
Echoes
Charlene keeps her favorite seashell in her bedroom aquarium. She holds it to her ear. It seems to echo with the sound of the sea. Sometimes she can even imagine that it is calling her name. She has a fight fight with her boyfriend and races off for the beach where she goes when she wants to be alone. Somebody is watching her from out in the waves, though they are getting bigger all the time as a storm comes on. Why the man seems to have blond hair and vivid blue eyes! He is calling out her name with an echo that sounds like her seashell. When a wave crashes down upon them she sees the unknown man’s mysterious face and hears the word, “Charlene!”
Echoes was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked Echoes you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, The Lost, Nowhere, Dark Wings, and White.
Echoes was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked Echoes you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, The Lost, Nowhere, Dark Wings, and White.
No Return
KEEP OUT! ALL TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT!
What!
Jackie slammed on the brakes. It wasn't just a sign. It was a wooden barricade. It seemed to be erected all the way across the road. The pavement seemed to end, and only a dirt road continued after that. Her car had nowhere to go but straight into the barricade.
Her Ferrari brakes could usually stop on a dime. But this was a slick, rain-drenched road, more water than pavement. She skidded all the way across the roadway as she turned the steering wheel sharply to the right.
Just then Jackie spotted him. There was a guy's face leering at her from behind a nearby tree trunk. He scowled more darkly than the clouds covering the sky. His eyes looked like the center of the storm itself. He was glaring straight at her. His lips were moving. He seemed to be muttering under his breath, what excactly she couldn't determine.
But even worse yet — unbelievably — this creep, whoever he was, seemed to be about ready to carry out the sentence on the sign. He had a rifle aimed straight at her. He was about to shoot.
No Return was first published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked No Return you will like other young adult suspense novels by Linda Cargill such as Algernon, Echoes, Midnight, White, and Nowhere.
What!
Jackie slammed on the brakes. It wasn't just a sign. It was a wooden barricade. It seemed to be erected all the way across the road. The pavement seemed to end, and only a dirt road continued after that. Her car had nowhere to go but straight into the barricade.
Her Ferrari brakes could usually stop on a dime. But this was a slick, rain-drenched road, more water than pavement. She skidded all the way across the roadway as she turned the steering wheel sharply to the right.
Just then Jackie spotted him. There was a guy's face leering at her from behind a nearby tree trunk. He scowled more darkly than the clouds covering the sky. His eyes looked like the center of the storm itself. He was glaring straight at her. His lips were moving. He seemed to be muttering under his breath, what excactly she couldn't determine.
But even worse yet — unbelievably — this creep, whoever he was, seemed to be about ready to carry out the sentence on the sign. He had a rifle aimed straight at her. He was about to shoot.
No Return was first published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked No Return you will like other young adult suspense novels by Linda Cargill such as Algernon, Echoes, Midnight, White, and Nowhere.
Drop Dead
“Drop dead!" says seventeen-year-old Jemma Parker. Matt Edwards, her ex-boyfriend at Virginia Beach High, is trying to brow beat her into going out on another date. When he won't accept “no" for an answer, she gets angry. "Be ready in half an hour," Matt hangs up the phone.
The doorbell rings. It's a policeman. "Miss Parker, I'm afraid I don't have very good news for you," the officer said. "Your friend Matt Edwards has just been in an accident. I believe he was on his way here tonight. He's dead." Jemma can't believe it as she gapes at the living room chair in which he used to sit. It was as if she killed him! In the middle of the night she wakes up. The phone is ringing. "Jem, I'll be there," the voice says. It sounds like Matt. Is this a nightmare? He's supposed to be dead!
Drop Dead was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked Drop Dead you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Algernon, White, No Return, Midnight, The Skull, and Dark Wings.
The doorbell rings. It's a policeman. "Miss Parker, I'm afraid I don't have very good news for you," the officer said. "Your friend Matt Edwards has just been in an accident. I believe he was on his way here tonight. He's dead." Jemma can't believe it as she gapes at the living room chair in which he used to sit. It was as if she killed him! In the middle of the night she wakes up. The phone is ringing. "Jem, I'll be there," the voice says. It sounds like Matt. Is this a nightmare? He's supposed to be dead!
Drop Dead was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked Drop Dead you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Algernon, White, No Return, Midnight, The Skull, and Dark Wings.
Cat Sleuth
Cheryl must spend the summer cleaning the beach house and collecting mail for the new tenant. The only problem, he doesn’t seem to be anywhere. There is no food in his refrigerator. He has no mail to bring in. The only sign he is there at all — tons of bird cages are set up on both floors, that and a box of masks under his bed. When she tries to clean the basement, the door is padlocked and bolted.
What kind of weirdo is this? He paid for his whole year lease upfront with cash sent from a rental agency that doesn’t even exist. Is he a criminal of some kind? Certainly the customers at her parents’ bed and breakfast in Delmar don’t want to use the beach anymore They want to stay away.
She is sitting on the beach wondering when a parasailer high up in the sky who is the only other person on the beach plummets into the waves. Is this the tenant or one of his victims? Cheryl had better find out soon or she could be next. She has only her Abyssinian cat to help her find out. He can fit his way into the basement windows at night and see what’s really going on.
Cat Sleuth was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. The teen mystery thriller is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed this cat thriller you will like others young adult horror novels written by Linda Cargill such as Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, The Legacy, Wilt, and 1935 Plot.
What kind of weirdo is this? He paid for his whole year lease upfront with cash sent from a rental agency that doesn’t even exist. Is he a criminal of some kind? Certainly the customers at her parents’ bed and breakfast in Delmar don’t want to use the beach anymore They want to stay away.
She is sitting on the beach wondering when a parasailer high up in the sky who is the only other person on the beach plummets into the waves. Is this the tenant or one of his victims? Cheryl had better find out soon or she could be next. She has only her Abyssinian cat to help her find out. He can fit his way into the basement windows at night and see what’s really going on.
Cat Sleuth was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. The teen mystery thriller is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed this cat thriller you will like others young adult horror novels written by Linda Cargill such as Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, The Legacy, Wilt, and 1935 Plot.
Ghost Town
Josie is suntanning herself at Long Beach in Washington state when her straw hat flies off her head. A seagull catches it and Josie chases him through the sand dunes back away from the beach. By the time she catches up with her hat she has stumbled upon a ghost town from one hundred years ago. The church is deserted. So is the bar and each house that she sees. This place takes on an eerie quality all its own as night comes on and people from long ago come to life and go about their nightly tasks. Josie is lost trapped in a time warp. How does she get back to the beach? She’d better figure it out soon or she, too, could become one of the lost.
Ghost Town is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Ghost Town you will enjoy other young adult mysteries by Linda Cargill such as Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, Legacy, and Wilt.
Ghost Town is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Ghost Town you will enjoy other young adult mysteries by Linda Cargill such as Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, Legacy, and Wilt.
Lighthouse
In a pelting rainstorm Charlene and her parents drive their SUV uphill to the San Diego lighthouse where her father is to fix the light for the Coast Guard. No one has lived there since the lighthouse keeper and his family were found dead at dinner one hundred years ago. It looks like that might be their fate too when a wall of water picks up their car and washes it onto a rock. A strange young man standing by the side of the road smiles and waves at her. He looks dry despite all the rain and water. What is going on here? What spooky game is this? Charlene had better figure out what’s going on or she won’t survive to return to her boyfriend in Virginia Beach.
Lighthouse was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Lighthouse you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, and Legacy.
Lighthouse was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. Now it is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Lighthouse you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Ghost Town, Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, and Legacy.
Fire
Angie is troubled by bizarre dreams about fire when she goes to sleep. Her bedroom goes up in flames. Her red prom dress is on fire. A lady is calling to her by name. When she wakes up it is morning. She opens her eyes to the sunlight. This has been going on ever since her mother mysteriously disappeared several weeks ago. She and her father have hired detectives but they cannot find a trace. Angie’s boyfriend asks if he can help. But what can be done? The next morning when she wakes up from the same nightmare, there is a black mark on her nightgown. It is singed —- by fire. How is such a thing possible? Angie had better figure it all out soon or she may be missing next.
Fire was originally published by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Fire you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, Drop Dead, Echoes, Algernon, The Skull, and White.
Fire was originally published by Cora Verlag, now Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Fire you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Midnight, Drop Dead, Echoes, Algernon, The Skull, and White.
Ghost Town
Josie is suntanning herself at Long Beach in Washington state when her straw hat flies off her head. A seagull catches it and Josie chases him through the sand dunes back away from the beach. By the time she catches up with her hat she has stumbled upon a ghost town from one hundred years ago. The church is deserted. So is the bar and each house that she sees. This place takes on an eerie quality all its own as night comes on and people from long ago come to life and go about their nightly tasks. Josie is lost trapped in a time warp. How does she get back to the beach? She’d better figure it out soon or she, too, could become one of the lost.
Ghost Town is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Ghost Town you will enjoy other young adult mysteries by Linda Cargill such as Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, Legacy, and Wilt.
Ghost Town is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books LLC. If you liked Ghost Town you will enjoy other young adult mysteries by Linda Cargill such as Cat Sleuth, Pirates Ahoy, Wrong Way, Legacy, and Wilt.
Algernon
Carissa used to be a normal teenage girl until she acquired Algernon for a next door neighbor —- the new rich boy next door who can’t take no for an answer. He calls her on the phone. She hangs up. He buys her gifts. She tries to return and ignore them. She can’t got to a restaurant to have a meal without finding out that it has been paid for in advance by Algernon. She tries on a dress for the spring dance. It is compliments of Algernon. Pretty soon he is in her face every minute of the day. She is awakened by the sound of digging in Algernon’s yard. Peering over the fence she and her pets find out that he is digging a deep hole. When she asks what he is doing at 3AM, he jumps into the bottom of the hole and asks her to join him. He reaches out for her and says they could be together forever.
Does this guy have a screw loose? Or is it something else? Carissa had better figure it out very soon, or something very Edgar Allen Poe like might happen next.
Algernon is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked this young adult horror novel, you will like other thrillers by Linda Cargill including Midnight, White, Echoes, Dark Wings, and 1935 Plot.
Does this guy have a screw loose? Or is it something else? Carissa had better figure it out very soon, or something very Edgar Allen Poe like might happen next.
Algernon is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. If you liked this young adult horror novel, you will like other thrillers by Linda Cargill including Midnight, White, Echoes, Dark Wings, and 1935 Plot.
The Oldest House
Jean wakes up from a nightmare about an old hag in a burial shroud with long, sharp nails and a skeletal face. No wonder! She’s about to have an interview for a summer job in archaeology digging at the site of the Oldest House in St. Augustine, Florida. The lady who is supposed to hire her, Dr. Whitney, is tops in her field of New World Columbian archaeology. But when Jean lands the job and starts work at the house a cleaning lady lets her in and shows her around. Jean is astounded by her face full of wrinkles. She looks like the oldest person Jean has ever seen. In fact, she resembles the hag in the nightmare. Is it her imagination? What could be going on? Jean had better figure it out or one of these humid Florida summer nights she might just die of fright in this young adult thriller, The Oldest House.
The Oldest House was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked The Oldest House you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Fire, Drop Dead, Algernon, No Return, and Echoes.
The Oldest House was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked The Oldest House you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Fire, Drop Dead, Algernon, No Return, and Echoes.
Deadbeat
Cissy is not the most popular girl in the senior class. That honor belongs to Regina Simpson. The wall flower on the night of the big school party ends up inviting other losers like herself to a consolation party at her house. Suddenly the lights go out. Sirens wail down the street. The radio announcer comes on and proclaims that Regina Simpson has been killed at the big dance. How did it happen? Her dress caught fire . . .
That night when Cissy goes to bed she pauses for a minute at her vanity and looks deep into her eyes. She catches sight of two flames, shake her head, and goes to sleep. But when she wakes up and looks into the mirror again she sees not her old self, her old face, but the dead girl Regina Simpson.
Deadbeat was first published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Deadbeat you will enjoy other teenage horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Wilt, The Oldest House, Algernon, Fire, and Drop Dead.
That night when Cissy goes to bed she pauses for a minute at her vanity and looks deep into her eyes. She catches sight of two flames, shake her head, and goes to sleep. But when she wakes up and looks into the mirror again she sees not her old self, her old face, but the dead girl Regina Simpson.
Deadbeat was first published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Deadbeat you will enjoy other teenage horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Wilt, The Oldest House, Algernon, Fire, and Drop Dead.
Wilt
On Diana’s first day of school at Tucson High a stranger is staring at her. He has a wilted rose in his pocket. She asks who he is. At first nobody will tell her. Then they shove an old newspaper story at her about how a girl from the high school was found murdered with a wilted rose vine around her neck, and that young man was arrested for the murder. But he got off on a technicality and got away with murder. Diana shivers when she finds one of his wilted roses on her locker next. What should she do? If she doesn’t figure it out, she may be the next victim
Wilt is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Wilt you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels such as The Oldest House, 1935 Plot, Algernon, Fire, and Drop Dead.
Wilt is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Wilt you will enjoy other young adult thriller novels such as The Oldest House, 1935 Plot, Algernon, Fire, and Drop Dead.
Pirates Ahoy
Merle and her best friend are sailing around Lake Powell in Arizona on vacation when they run into another boat full of guys. They party only to discover that all the boys have tattoos, and the tattoos are dragons! Why? The boys tell tales of buried treasure around the lake from long ago at the time of the conquistadors marked by a dragon symbol and hidden danger from thugs trying to find it. “You mean pirates?” asks Merle aghast. They nod and say that’s why they have grouped together in a merry little band to fight back. What’s worse, as they sail past a cove the sun practically blinds her and Merle thinks she sees what else but a shimmering vision of a blood red dragon on the wall of the cave. Things are getting dangerous around here, too dangerous for Merle. If she doesn’t get off the lake soon, she might be dead.
Pirates Ahoy! was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this young adult mystery thriller you will enjoy other thrillers and teen spook stories by Linda Cargill such as Wrong Way, Legacy, Wilt, 1935 Plot, and Deadbeat.
Pirates Ahoy! was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this young adult mystery thriller you will enjoy other thrillers and teen spook stories by Linda Cargill such as Wrong Way, Legacy, Wilt, 1935 Plot, and Deadbeat.
Wrong Way
Vincentia has just arrived back from her summer program in Latin at Bryn Mawr College. She has just stepped off the Amtrak train in downtown Tucson. But Lyle Sterns is not there to pick her up and take her back her her house. The train leaves the station. It gets dark. She is the only person left standing there.
Suddenly a car pulls up. She leaps in and they start off. She chatters to Lyle, but he doesn’t respond. She stares at the young man who is driving. He looks like Lyle, but he can’t be. He is headed the wrong way. She doesn’t know where they are going. All she knows is that she is not going home tonight.
Wrong Way is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this young adult thriller by Linda Cargill you will also like her other thrillers such as Legacy, Wilt, 1935 Plot, Deadbeat, and The Oldest House.
Suddenly a car pulls up. She leaps in and they start off. She chatters to Lyle, but he doesn’t respond. She stares at the young man who is driving. He looks like Lyle, but he can’t be. He is headed the wrong way. She doesn’t know where they are going. All she knows is that she is not going home tonight.
Wrong Way is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this young adult thriller by Linda Cargill you will also like her other thrillers such as Legacy, Wilt, 1935 Plot, Deadbeat, and The Oldest House.
Legacy
Leanne gets a surprise package in the mail. A medieval suit of armor pops out with a letter! A long lost British relative is leaving her an estate in England, Fitz Roy Hall, along with a vast fortune but only under the condition she transports the castle to Richmond Virginia and reconstructs it brick by brick. The hitch: she must agree to live in it!
Why does she hear murmurings up and down the portrait gallery hall late at night? Why does she open her door and see people in medieval dress like images from a nightmare? Worst of all the grumpy gardener who comes with the estate is bent on her destruction.
Legacy is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Legacy you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill including Deadbeat, Wilt, The Oldest House, Algernon, and Fire.
Why does she hear murmurings up and down the portrait gallery hall late at night? Why does she open her door and see people in medieval dress like images from a nightmare? Worst of all the grumpy gardener who comes with the estate is bent on her destruction.
Legacy is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Legacy you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill including Deadbeat, Wilt, The Oldest House, Algernon, and Fire.
The End of Days
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The End of Days is the story of Jason and Medea told from the point of view of Medea. This is not the more familiar tale of Jason's voyage to Colchis in which the latter encounters Harpies and monsters at every turn (i.e., the material of the 1950's movie Jason and the Argonauts), but rather it is the tale of the clash of two very different cultures. Medea comes from the fading world of Goddess worshipers with a long matriarchal tradition. She is suddenly thrust into Jason's Greek world of the followers of the Sky God Zeus where women are best left behind veils. No one understands her "magic" and she is called a "witch." She is left to defend herself as best she can. The death of her tradition combines with the havoc wreaked by the Thera volcanic eruption at the end of the Bronze Age to presage the end of her world.
The End of Days is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed this ancient Greek thriller you might also like The Minotaur, To Follow the Goddess, Medea's Escape, Book of the Dead, Cleopatra Caper, Romance of the White Rose, Key to Lawrence Special Edition, and 1935 Plot. Stories out of the past. |
The Minotaur
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A knock in the middle of the night decides Oneone's fate. Her father has just been murdered mysteriously. The Court at Knossos summons her to serve. She must give up her fiance, the Prince of Zakros, and follow the messengers. She cannot be sure who has called her or for what reason. As she is kept waiting outside an anteroom in the Palace, she studies a bull rhyton lying on the floor and gazes into its wondrous eyes. It has no answers. The Mother Goddess has reserved a special fate for this young woman. She will not guess at its magnitude and importance until a smoking volcano lays waste the kingdom and the waters of the sea rise up to engulf it in this historical mythological novel about ancient Greece at the time of the Minoans by Linda Cargill. A reader says,
"A whole other world and an interesting take on the Minotaur legend. I expected something different but was pleased nonetheless. Transports you to a time of hardships and triumphs with many tears shed in between." Linda is also the author of To Follow The Goddess, the story of the Trojan War from the point of view of Helen, as well as the author of End of Days, the story of Medea and Jason. All three of these ancient historical thrillers are brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers at War, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Stories out of the past. |
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Double Dark
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Bianca has seen a grisly murder take place. The housekeeper was killed in cold blood when Bianca was babysitting Little Katie, the rich infant in the neighborhood on Saint Simons Island. She cannot remember the details of that night, though she saw the face of the killer. Two years later her memory is starting to come back. Is the killer the young man she has come to love in the meantime, upon whom she completely depends? The choice is increasingly clear --- her love or her life.
This collection of two young adult thriller novels includes both Dark 1 and Dark 2, published originally by Scholastic UK as a series. They are now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. Look for The Dark: A Trilogy soon. Stories out of the past. |
THE BRAVE DIE ONCE
Desiree Longfellow pushes her eggs around on her plate one morning as she waits for the police to show up. She's being framed for murder and must escape out the back door when she sees the officers coming to arrest her.
Dora De Paul is on an Alaska cruise with her parents. She snaps a photo of the pretty blue bay with the snowcapped peaks in the background when suddenly a volcano starts to erupt.
A black cloud spreads across the bay, and the passengers must flee ashore. Someone who has it in for her sabotages the cruise ship. Stranded on the shore of Homer, Alaska, what does Dora do?
Dora De Paul is on an Alaska cruise with her parents. She snaps a photo of the pretty blue bay with the snowcapped peaks in the background when suddenly a volcano starts to erupt.
A black cloud spreads across the bay, and the passengers must flee ashore. Someone who has it in for her sabotages the cruise ship. Stranded on the shore of Homer, Alaska, what does Dora do?
