Books with author Linda Cargill

Leanne gets a surprise package in the mail. A medieval suit of armor pops out with a letter! A long lost British relative is leaving her an estate in England, Fitz Roy Hall, along with a vast fortune but only under the condition she transports the castle to Richmond, Virginia and reconstructs it brick by brick. The hitch: she must agree to live in it!Why does she hear murmurings up and down the portrait gallery hall late at night? Why does she open her door and see people in medieval dress like images from a nightmare? Worst of all, the grumpy gardener who comes with the estate is bent on her destruction.

Bridget has just met the date of her life at a party on the beach. But she forgot to ask his name. No matter, she was to meet him again the next day. But when she rushes to the beach, he’s not there as he promised. None of her beach-going friends seems to remember meeting the guy last night, though all the girls danced with him and the guys worked the grills and surfed with him. What is going on? Bridget had better figure it out, or she might just disappear next.

Someone's out there on the Back Bay in Virginia Beach among the marshes with the banjo frogs, mosquitoes, and poisonous snakes. Leslie hears him rowing through the silent waters at midnight, sending chills up her spine. One night when she’s taking a walk he rows up to her, beckons with his finger, and in a gravelly voice beckons her to take a ride in his kayak. She backs up shaking her head. Whoever climbs in and paddles away is never seen again. Her best friend has already disappeared. Leslie doesn't want to be next in this young adult mystery thriller novel, Midnight.

Abigail must move to the High Sierras so her geologist father can study glaciers. But she’s been haunted by bad dreams which she records in her diary. A girl’s reflection has been looking back at her from the surface of a lake. Before she wakes, the girl pulls her into the water night after night. When she gets to the town of Mirror Lake, California she is startled to find just such a lake right next to their cabin in the woods. It gets even worse when she and her mother try to swim in the lake and a boy hired to take care of the cabin tells them to stay away. It’s dangerous for real. He tells her to pack up and go home or she won’t live to see tomorrow.Dear Diary was originally published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you enjoyed Dear Diary you will like Linda Cargill’s other young adult thrillers such as Attic, Blond Hair, Thorns, Lighthouse, and Ghost Town.

Viola has moved to a cottage on the bluffs in Washington State. Her first night there is a storm. She has a nightmare about an old crone who warns her to beware. When she wakes up her pets are both alerting to an old clam man down on the beach. They go investigate. The man looks ancient. He stares at her and asks her if she has come back. He won't believe her when she tries to explain that she is new around here. She tries to get away only to hear someone calling to her. It sounds like a girl's voice. But she cannot see a girl anywhere around. Finally she looks down at the sand. She gets down on her knees. She puts her ear to holes in the sand. She hears a voice that very distinctly complains, "You stepped on me."What is going on around the tiny town of Cliffs? Is Viola having a waking nightmare? Or it something far more sinister? Viola had better figure it out before she gets scared to death.Whispers is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Whispers you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Nameless, Blues, Sister, Dream, and Haunted.

Sylvia heads to Mount Saint Helens Lake for the summer where her parents have bought a new resort. Once she arrives she is plunged into a tangled web of events that involve assault and murder.Why does somebody follow Sylvia wherever she goes? Why do they ransack her cabin as if they are looking for something? Sylvia had better figure it all out soon. Or she could be dead next --- as dead as the victims of the volcano when Mount Saint Helens blew its lid in this young adult thriller novel by Linda Cargill.

Danielle and her family arrive at an old Edwardian Inn in Harbor, Oregon to look at Northwest Coast real estate that her mother wants to buy at a “steal” of a price. Harbor seems to be a ghost town. Mrs. Applebaum, the owner of the Inn, says the town's been like that since 1904. She's one of the only people anywhere about except for occasional tourists like Danielle's family. Why? Mrs. Applebaum is very close-lipped. Danielle sees a dark-haired girl in a cigar-shaped canoe out on the ocean. But she disappears before Danielle can speak to her.At night a bonfire appears on the beach. She thinks she sees other teenagers sitting around it. When she tries to join them there is nothing there. Even the fire has gone out without leaving a trace.As she stands there on the beach with the big waves that crash ashore, a mysterious light from the sea shoots its beams toward the shore, nearly blinding her. What is going on in Harbor, Oregon? To find out the answer might cost Danielle her own life.

Francie has just moved to town and joined the swim team. But the first day she shows up for a meet, two other swimmers in different lanes converge on her. One tries to attack her underwater from one side, the other from the other side. When she gets out, another swimmer approaches her and threatens her. Another is sulking in a corner giving her dirty looks. What is going on? Francie is new here. Why is everyone after her? She had better figure it out fast, or she will not make it past the deep end.Pool was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Pool, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Cave, Shade, Moon, Snow, and Shadows.

Cassidy and her best friend, Betsy, are looking for Butch. Her boyfriend got lost in the Dixie National Forest. The class was on a hike. But Butch had his own agenda. He was looking for the Old Man of the Mountain. Cassidy had told him that was a legend, but Butch did not care. And now he was missing. Who was this Old Man of the Mountain? Stories said that many hikers had met their doom trying to see his face. Disillusioned in love, he had turned his back on the world and had hidden away. He claimed that no one who saw his face would survive. Had he carried out his threat? Would he find Cassidy and Betsy, too? Find out. Read the Old Man thriller.

Angie is troubled by bizarre dreams about fire when she goes to sleep. Her bedroom goes up in flames. Her red prom dress is on fire. A lady is calling to her by name. When she wakes up it is morning. She opens her eyes to the sunlight. This has been going on ever since her mother mysteriously disappeared several weeks ago. She and her father have hired detectives, but they cannot find a trace. Angie’s boyfriend asks if he can help. But what can be done? The next morning when she wakes up from the same nightmare, there is a black mark on her nightgown. It is singed — by fire. How is such a thing possible? Angie had better figure it all out soon or she may be missing next.

Joanne and her friends pile into Ken's Corvette with a picnic basket and climb to the top of Mount Lemmon at nine thousand feet enshrouded in pine forests. Let the senior school picnic commence! They start playing hide-and-seek. Joanne races back into the woods to conceal herself behind a tall pine. She trips over a human skull. It is just lying there on the ground staring back at her with vacant eyes.A thug points a gun in her back and threatens her that if she tells anyone what she saw she will die. He backs her up against another tree and makes her count to one hundred before she opens her eyes. The thug and the skull are gone!What is the lone skull doing on the mountain top? Who was killed? How long ago? Joanne finds herself ensnared in an elaborate intrigue from which she can only hope to emerge alive.

Cissy is not the most popular girl in the senior class. That honor belongs to Regina Simpson. The wall flower on the night of the big school party ends up inviting other losers like herself to a consolation party at her house. Suddenly the lights go out. Sirens wail down the street. The radio announcer comes on and proclaims that Regina Simpson has been killed at the big dance. How did it happen? Her dress caught fire . . .That night when Cissy goes to bed she pauses for a minute at her vanity and looks deep into her eyes. She catches sight of two flames, shake her head, and goes to sleep. But when she wakes up and looks into the mirror again she sees not her old self, her old face, but the dead girl Regina Simpson.