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  1. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    She spots the masked man in the dark, lonely parking lot--but too late. Grabbed and drugged, Christina is kidnapped and held for ransom. When her family pays, she thinks her ordeal is over. But then she realizes that her family thinks she planned the kidnapping! How will Christina prove her... (learn more about this book)

  2. The Other Side of Dark (Laurel-Leaf Suspense Fiction)

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Stacy wakes up in a hospital bed only to discover that she's been in a coma for four years. She soon learns that the stranger that shot her killed her mother. As she struggles to recall the stranger's identity, she fears that he may still be stalking her.

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  3. The Seance

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Lauren is reluctant to participate in the séance, and she feels the first foreboding of evil shortly after the room is darkened. When the lights come back on, her fear turns to shock: Sara Martin is missing, even though all the doors and windows are locked from the inside. . . .

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  4. A Deadly Game of Magic

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Seeking shelter from a fierce Texas storm, four teens are trapped inside a strange house as unwitting players in a magician's evil games. The phone goes dead. A plaster head suddenly appears. A disembodied hand taps the mantel. Then the magic turns even more sinister, leading inevitably toward... (learn more about this book)

  5. Nightmare

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Emily has never fit in her overachieving family. Instead of getting straight As, she sits in the back row and hides behind her hair. As a result, her parents have enrolled her at Camp Excel—an academic camp for underachievers—for the summer. Emily doesn’t want to go, and not just because she... (learn more about this book)

  6. The Name of the Game Was Murder

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Samantha does not want to go when great-uncle Augustus Trevor blackmails a group of celebrities to participate in a ""game"" at his island mansion--but when Uncle Augustus is found dead, Samantha must join the game. Reprint.

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  7. Whispers from the Dead (Laurel Leaf Books)

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Only Sarah senses the horror. The minute she steps through the doorway of her family's new home, Sarah feels a smothering cold mist, and hears the echo of a scream and a heartbreaking whisper in Spanish, "Help me!" Sarah feels compelled to find out who is trying to reach her. But can she... (learn more about this book)

  8. The Haunting

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Fifteen-year-old Lia comes from a long line of courageous women, dating back to a Civil War survivor who single-handedly saved her Louisiana plantation house, Graymoss, from destruction. But Graymoss is haunted by a terrible evil. With clues from a diary and Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan... (learn more about this book)

  9. House on Hackman's Hill

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    A $10,000 reward for a missing mummy lures cousins Jeff and Debbie into an old mansion. But a raging snow storm forces them to spend the night ­ and an evil ancient spirit might not let them see the dawn.

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  10. The Weekend Was Murder!

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Mary Elizabeth cannot wait to take part in a weekend murder game to be held at the Ridley Hotel, but the entertainment becomes reality when she stumbles upon a real corpse in Room 1927. Reprint. PW. K.

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