Handling: ”Arthur Kipps är en ung advokat som har rest norr om London till Eel Marsh House för att gå på mrs Alice Drablows begravning och samtidigt reda ut hennes affärer.
Arthur förväntar sig en rad rutinmässiga formaliteter, men dras i stället in i en virvel av mardrömslika händelser och hemligheter: den gungande stolen i den övergivna barnkammaren, det kusliga ljudet av en hästvagn om natten, ett barns skrik i dimman, och otäckast av allt – och för Kripps också det mest tragiska – Kvinnan i svart.
Kvinnan i svart är en av de senaste decenniernas givna klassiker i skräckgenren: en djupt atmosfärisk och spännande roman, som bevisar att spökhistorien fortfarande är vid liv.”

 

Handling: ”When Lou Winter picks up an old, dog-eared magazine in the dentist’s waiting room and spots an article about clearing clutter, she little realises that it will change her life in ways she could not imagine.
What begins as an earnest spring clean of unwanted household debris – a never-touched omelette maker here, a hideous collection of chintz ornaments there – soon spirals out of control.
Before long Lou is hiring giant skips, in which to dump the copious amounts of junk she never knew she had. Lou’s loved ones grow concerned – and not a little disgruntled. Where has all this energy come from, her husband Phil wonders? Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast? And since when does quiet, meek, down-trodden Lou snap rude retorts at his sister, her mother, and even Phil himself?
The truth is, the more skips Lou fills, the more rubbish she lets go off, the more light and air can get to those painful, closed-up places at the centre of her house: a lovingly prepared room for a baby she would never have; an empty space her best friend Deb once occupied; and a gaping wound left by her husband’s affair three years ago.
Even lovely Tom Broom, the man who delivers Lou’s skips, starts to grow worried about his best customer. But Lou is a woman on a mission, and not even she knows where it will end …”

 

Handling: ”Cookie Chanel has a passion for fashion–and a murder mystery to solve!
Cookie Chanel has opened her own vintage clothing boutique, It’s Vintage, Y’All, in the charming town of Sugar Creek, Georgia. Always on the lookout for stylish second-hand steals, she attends the estate sale of deceased socialite Charlotte Meadows. But she gets a lot more than she bargained for when Charlotte’s ghost appears before her–offering fashion advice and begging Cookie to find out who murdered her.

As the persistent poltergeist tags along and a possibly psychic pussycat moves into the shop, Cookie sorts through racks of suspects to see who may be hiding some skeletons in the closet. Do a clothing store owner and a disembodied socialite have a ghost of a chance of collaring a killer–or will Cookie’s life be the next one hanging by a thread?”