The Unnatural Inquirer is a novel by Simon R. Green. Seemingly shrouded in perpetual darkness, Nightside is a small area of London where monsters and men walk side by side. Private Investigator John Taylor works this allotment of mystical turf. In fact, he has been hired by the editor of the Unnatural Inquirer—Nightside’s infamous newspaper—with the promise of one million pounds. All John has to do is find a man who claims to have evidence of the Afterlife on DVD. Just after the Inquirer offered this man a lucrative deal, he and his disc disappeared without a trace. With so much money on the line, John can’t refuse, but he must contend with whoever—or whatever—else is out there looking for the disc.

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The Other Child is by Joanne Fluke. Karen and Mike Houston are excited about the old sprawling Victorian mansion they have just purchased. They are looking forward to restoring it to its former glory and they are ready to welcome their second child to the family. The house is an endless maze of rooms, hallways, nooks, and hiding places. The Houston’s nine-year-old daughter, Leslie loves playing in and exploring the old home, but everything is not as it seems. The Houstons heard rumors that the house had a dark history and that something evil lurked within its walls. First, there are whispers. A child’s voice calls them to the rose garden. Then, the little voice beckons Leslie to a broken storm door and down a crumbling flight of stairs. It calls to the unborn child Karen is carrying. It seems to want something from each member of the family, but what secrets does this specter hold and why torment this family?

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Ghost Seer is the first book in a planned series by Robin D. Owens. Clare Cermak is a pragmatic, button down accountant in Denver. When her eccentric aunt passes away, Clare inherits more than her estate. She inherits the ability to communicate with ghosts. This is problematic for her because she doesn’t believe in spirits. However, it’s hard to ignore the shadowy talking dog that appears on her bed or the spectral cowboys that tip their hats to her on the streets. It is also hard to ignore the handsome—and living—Zach Slade with whom she keeps crossing paths. Zach is a former deputy sheriff who left a painful past in Montana to become a private investigator in Denver. When the restless ghost of an Old West gunslinger demands that Clare help him, she finds herself needing Zach for more than just his help.

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Deadly Curiosities is a novel by Gail Z. Martin. Cassidy Kincaide is the proprietor of Trifles & Folly, a store with a deep, dark secret. Since 1670, Cassidy’s family has been seeking out and neutralizing dangerous supernatural objects. This is the perfect career for Cassidy because she has the ability to touch an object and know its history. She and her business partner, Sorren—a 500-year-old vampire and former jewel thief—have sworn to get these dangerous objects off the market. While visiting a haunted hotel, Cassidy and Sorren come across a statue bathed in malevolent energy and a string of bodies that lead to an abandoned Navy yard. Can Cassidy’s team thwart the secret plot to unleash hell upon their beloved city? Or, will the bodies start piling up?

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I Remember You: a Ghost Story is by Yrsa Sigudardottir. Three friends have decided to renovate a derelict house in an isolated location. Soon, they realize that they are not as alone as they believed. Someone wants them to leave. In a nearby town, a doctor who is investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his son who disappeared. When these two stories intersect, the truth that is uncovered is more horrible than any of them could have imagined. Based on true events, this ghost story may have you sleeping with the lights on.

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Sparrow Hill Road is by Seanan McGuire. Rose Marshall died in 1952, forced off the road in Buckley Township, Michigan. The man’s name was Bobby Cross. He sold his soul to live forever and his intention was to use Rose’s soul to pay for his immortality. Unfortunately, he didn’t bother asking Rose what she thought of the idea. Now, sixty years later, she is still sixteen and still running to keep her freedom. She pops up all over the country as the Girl in the Diner, the Phantom Prom Date, and the Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Mostly, though, she just goes by “Rose.” She always has her thumb out and her eyes on the horizon. She is trying to outfox and outrun a man who never sleeps, never stops trying to claim what he thinks is his. She will figure out a way to win her freedom, after all, it’s not like he can kill her; she’s already dead.

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Haunted Moon is an Otherworld Novel by Yasmine Galenorn. The D’Artigo sisters are half-human, half-Fae. Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a werepuma. Camille is a good witch and a priestess of the Moon Mother and she is training under the Queen of Shadow and Night. All three are former operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. With a new Fae sorcerer—Bran, the sun of Raven Mother and the Black Unicorn—in town, Camille is unwillingly assigned to be the liaison between him and the new Earthside branch of the OIA. Some malevolent entity begins ransacking cemeteries and harvesting spirits. When the wife of a prominent member of the Fae nobility goes missing, the D’Artigo sisters are sent to find her. Their search has them facing the Lord of Ghosts. Will Camille survive the ritual that plunges her into the realm of the dead?