Room, Emma Donoghue Donoghue has created one of the pure triumphs of recent fiction: an ebullient child narrator, held captive with his mother in an 11-by-11-foot room, through whom we encounter the blurry, often complicated space between closeness and autonomy. In a narrative at once delicate and vigorous — rich in psychological, sociological and political meaning — Donoghue reveals how joy and terror often dwell side by side.
Pet Cemetery, Stephen King
To Darkness and to Death, Julia Spencer-Fleming Millicent van der Hoeven has decided to sell her family's Adirondack estate to a nature conservancy. But on the day of the land transfer, her brother frantically calls the police. Millie has disappeared in the cold November forest…
Water Dogs, Lewis Robinson A paintball game played in a blizzard ends with one player missing and one in the hospital. Two of the players, brothers, attempt to sort out what happened, and to clear their names. (Recommended by Emily)