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Haunted
From bestselling author Alexandra Sokoloff: Three complete novels of supernatural suspense.
A haunted dormitory. A haunted mansion. A haunted woman. Three unforgettable tales of terror.
THE HARROWING
Five troubled college students left alone on their isolated campus over the long Thanksgiving break confront their own demons and a mysterious presence... that may or may not be real.
Nominated for Bram Stoker and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel
"Poltergeist meets The Breakfast Club as five college students tangle with an ancient evil presence." - Kirkus Reviews
"Absolutely gripping... it is easy to imagine this as a film. Once started, you won't want to stop reading." - The London Times
THE UNSEEN
"A creepy haunted house, reports of a 40-year-old poltergeist investigation, and a young researcher trying to rebuild her life take the "publish or perish" initiative for college professors to a terrifying new level in this spine-tingling story that has every indication of becoming a horror classic. Based on the famous Rhine ESP experiments at the Duke University parapsychology department that collapsed in the 1960s, this is a chillingly dark look into the unknown." —Romantic Times Book Review
BOOK OF SHADOWS
A cynical Boston homicide detective and a mysterious witch from Salem must join forces in a race to solve a series of satanic killings.
"A wonderfully dark thriller with amazing 'Is-it-isn't-it?' suspense throughout."
— Lee Child
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A haunted dormitory. A haunted mansion. A haunted woman. Three unforgettable tales of terror.
THE HARROWING
Five troubled college students left alone on their isolated campus over the long Thanksgiving break confront their own demons and a mysterious presence... that may or may not be real.
Nominated for Bram Stoker and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel
"Poltergeist meets The Breakfast Club as five college students tangle with an ancient evil presence." - Kirkus Reviews
"Absolutely gripping... it is easy to imagine this as a film. Once started, you won't want to stop reading." - The London Times
THE UNSEEN
"A creepy haunted house, reports of a 40-year-old poltergeist investigation, and a young researcher trying to rebuild her life take the "publish or perish" initiative for college professors to a terrifying new level in this spine-tingling story that has every indication of becoming a horror classic. Based on the famous Rhine ESP experiments at the Duke University parapsychology department that collapsed in the 1960s, this is a chillingly dark look into the unknown." —Romantic Times Book Review
BOOK OF SHADOWS
A cynical Boston homicide detective and a mysterious witch from Salem must join forces in a race to solve a series of satanic killings.
"A wonderfully dark thriller with amazing 'Is-it-isn't-it?' suspense throughout."
— Lee Child
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- GenresHorror
888 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 17, 2012
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About the author
Alexandra Sokoloff
40 books987 followersI'm the Thriller Award-winning and Bram Stoker and Anthony Award-nominated author of the bestselling and very feminist HUNTRESS MOON thrillers: Huntress Moon, Blood Moon, Cold Moon. Bitter Moon, Hunger Moon, Shadow Moon and the supernatural thrillers The Harrowing, The Price, Book of Shadows, The Unseen, The Space Between. The New York Times Book Review has called me "a daughter of Mary Shelley" and my novels "some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre."
I'm a California native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where I majored in theater and minored in everything that Berkeley has a reputation for. After college I moved to Los Angeles, where I made an interesting living doing novel adaptations and selling original thriller scripts to various Hollywood studios.
Now I (mostly!) live in Scotland with my Scottish crime-writing husband, Craig Robertson. We've just written a new mystery/thriller series together — and we're still married and haven't killed each other! LOST HIGHWAY will be out in 2026.
My HUNTRESS MOON series follows a haunted FBI agent on the hunt for a female serial killer, which means I can smash hated genre cliches and kill a lot of men who need to be killed.
In my paranormal and supernatural thrillers, I like to cross the possibility of the supernatural with very real life explanations for any strangeness going on, and base the action squarely in fact. THE UNSEEN is based on real paranormal research conducted at the Duke University parapsychology lab, and BOOK OF SHADOWS teams a Boston homicide detective and a practicing Salem witch in a race to solve what may be a Satanic killing. THE SPACE BETWEEN is an edgy supernatural YA about a troubled high school girl who is having dreams of a terrible massacre at her school, and becomes convinced that she can prevent the shooting if she can unravel the dream.
My non-fiction workbooks SCREENWRITING TRICKS FOR AUTHORS and WRITING LOVE, based on my internationally acclaimed workshops and blog, have helped writers of all levels all over the world finish their books and find agents and book deals. https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/
When I'm not writing I travel and I dance: jazz, ballet, salsa, Lindy, swing - I do it all, every chance I get.
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I'm a California native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where I majored in theater and minored in everything that Berkeley has a reputation for. After college I moved to Los Angeles, where I made an interesting living doing novel adaptations and selling original thriller scripts to various Hollywood studios.
Now I (mostly!) live in Scotland with my Scottish crime-writing husband, Craig Robertson. We've just written a new mystery/thriller series together — and we're still married and haven't killed each other! LOST HIGHWAY will be out in 2026.
My HUNTRESS MOON series follows a haunted FBI agent on the hunt for a female serial killer, which means I can smash hated genre cliches and kill a lot of men who need to be killed.
In my paranormal and supernatural thrillers, I like to cross the possibility of the supernatural with very real life explanations for any strangeness going on, and base the action squarely in fact. THE UNSEEN is based on real paranormal research conducted at the Duke University parapsychology lab, and BOOK OF SHADOWS teams a Boston homicide detective and a practicing Salem witch in a race to solve what may be a Satanic killing. THE SPACE BETWEEN is an edgy supernatural YA about a troubled high school girl who is having dreams of a terrible massacre at her school, and becomes convinced that she can prevent the shooting if she can unravel the dream.
My non-fiction workbooks SCREENWRITING TRICKS FOR AUTHORS and WRITING LOVE, based on my internationally acclaimed workshops and blog, have helped writers of all levels all over the world finish their books and find agents and book deals. https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/
When I'm not writing I travel and I dance: jazz, ballet, salsa, Lindy, swing - I do it all, every chance I get.
Join the mailing list (and receive a FREE short story from the SHATTERING GLASS anthology!):
https://authoralexandrasokoloff.subst... -
Connect with me:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.so...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandraso...
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexsokoloff...
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@alexandrasok...
Substack: https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com -
Read more about the books! http://alexandrasokoloff.com
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August 20, 2018
These books were great. They were well written and a page turner from page one. I liked the stories, the characters and the spookiness. I love reading haunted house books and this was the best by far. I would recommend this book 100%.
November 29, 2014
The first three-quarters of this book is slow, with little depth to the characterizations and lots of echoes of Shirley Jackson’s "The Haunting of Hill House" and Stephen King’s "Rose Red." One of the characters even mentions the Winchester House in California, which inspired King’s story.
I am a Duke graduate, so it was fun for me to read a book set there. The author captured the campus pretty well, but I thought her sense of season was off. This was the fall semester, and yet she had it being consistently colder than autumn usually is in the South. Yet in contradiction to that, she described flowers in bloom [honeysuckle and jasmine] that usually only blossom in the summer.
The book doesn’t come alive until the characters finally get to the Folger House, and that’s when the story finally gets good. There is a great twist at the end. I might give the first three-fourths of the book two stars and the last fourth four stars.
I am a Duke graduate, so it was fun for me to read a book set there. The author captured the campus pretty well, but I thought her sense of season was off. This was the fall semester, and yet she had it being consistently colder than autumn usually is in the South. Yet in contradiction to that, she described flowers in bloom [honeysuckle and jasmine] that usually only blossom in the summer.
The book doesn’t come alive until the characters finally get to the Folger House, and that’s when the story finally gets good. There is a great twist at the end. I might give the first three-fourths of the book two stars and the last fourth four stars.
December 31, 2022
I love this & I can't wait for more.
I will be also leaving a review on Goodreads @ Amazon.
And letting everyone know about it.
So i gave it a 5 Stars.
I will be also leaving a review on Goodreads @ Amazon.
And letting everyone know about it.
So i gave it a 5 Stars.
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