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Lois Duncan

    April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016

    Lois Duncan was a master of suspense for young readers, renowned for her compelling thrillers that frequently explored crime and mystery. Her works, often crafted for a younger audience, fearlessly delved into darker themes, weaving intricate plots that kept readers on the edge of their seats. Duncan possessed a keen ability to build atmosphere, using a precise style to create a sense of unease and suspense. Her narratives are characterized by their engaging mysteries and her distinctive approach to crafting tension within accessible stories.

    Lois Duncan
    Don't Look Behind You
    Gallows Hill
    Down a Dark Hall
    Summer of Fear
    Stranger With My Face
    Locked in Time
    • Locked in Time

      • 210 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      4.0(5085)Add rating

      Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty that gives her chills- and a hint of something sinister. There's hope of becoming friends with her stepbrother and sister, until Nore realizes they're hiding something. When she begins to feel like the target of a deadly plan, Nore starts digging into her stepfamily's past. The skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?

      Locked in Time
    • Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find out?

      Stranger With My Face
    • Summer of Fear

      • 219 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.9(5155)Add rating

      Soon after the arrival of cousin Julia, insidious occurrences begin that convince Rachel she is a witch and must be stopped before her total monstrous plan can be effected.

      Summer of Fear
    • Kit Gordy and three other students at an exclusive boarding school for girls find themselves part of a terrifying experiment.

      Down a Dark Hall
    • Named an ALA Quick Pick, an exciting thriller by the author of the best-seller I Know What You Did Last Summer features a seventeen-year-old girl who becomes a clairvoyant and is branded a witch, in a repeat of the Salem witch trials. Reprint. AB.

      Gallows Hill
    • Don't Look Behind You

      • 215 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.7(4980)Add rating

      Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

      Don't Look Behind You
    • Daughters of Eve

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.6(3788)Add rating

      Sworn to secrecy. Bound by loyalty.It's the high school's most exclusive club--but now a twisted mind is leading it. Who will be the first victim?The girls at Modesta High School feel like they're stuck in some anti-feminist time warp-they're faced with sexism at every turn, and they've had enough. Sponsored by their new art teacher, Ms. Stark, they band together to form the Daughters of Eve. It's more than a school club-it's a secret society, a sisterhood. At first, it seems like they are actually changing the way guys at school treat them. But Ms. Stark urges them to take more vindictive action, and it starts to feel more like revenge-brutal revenge. Blinded by their oath of loyalty, the Daughters of Eve become instruments of vengeance. Can one of them break the spell before real tragedy strikes?

      Daughters of Eve
    • A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?

      Killing Mr. Griffin
    • They Never Came Home

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.5(1995)Add rating

      Joan’s boyfriend and her brother are missing and assumed dead. Until the voice on the other end of the phone hints at something more terrible.

      They Never Came Home
    • I Know What You Did Last Summer

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.5(14709)Add rating

      Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth and is determined to get even.The horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror-or is he out for revenge?

      I Know What You Did Last Summer