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Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher-for that world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself-and his dad.

Jake and Alice join an exclusive, mysterious group known as the Pact, intent on safeguarding their marriage. They are initially seduced by the glamorous parties and their widening social circle of like-minded couples. And then one of them breaks the rules, with dire consequences.

Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, but after an ex-boyfriend kidnapped her and nearly ended her life, her bouts of anxiety began exploding into full-blown panic attacks. When Corbin Dell, a cousin in Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate agrees, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the past traumas of her life. But at Corbin's grand apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door neighbor has been murdered, and Kate finds herself caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, and manipulation.

When Lucy shows up in Morocco, Alice is grateful to see an old friend. But she starts to feel controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Then Alice's husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything.

Days before his college graduation, Harry Ackerson's father dies suspiciously. Harry wants to uncover what happened, but two women complicating the matter include his enticing stepmother.

They call themselves the May Mothers--a collection of new moms who gave birth in the same month. When they agree to meet up for drinks and some much-needed adult time, one of the babies goes missing. Now the police are asking disturbing questions and testing friendships.

Kit Owens and Diane Fleming are two former high school friends who, years later, find themselves locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to destroy them both.

Jessie Sloane applies to college after years of caring for her ailing mother. But her social security number raises a red flag, exposing a shocking detail putting Jessie at the center of a bizarre mystery. Unable to sleep, Jessie questions everything she knows until she can't tell what's real.

Frank Guidry knows the first rule of running is "don't stop," but when he sees a beautiful women and her children broken down on the roadside, he too sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks.

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable until a terrible accident left them estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But when another girl also disappears, Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two cases are linked.