Enjoy this small-town holiday mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... Uncovering the truth is her game, but in Goodnight, Texas, the ghosts play to win. High school reporter, Samantha Brown has never been one to shy away from a challenge. So, when her editor sends her to Goodnight, Texas to cover a haunted football stadium on Halloween night, she jumps at the chance to debunk the myth once and for all. But when a star football player vanishes from the field without a trace, she starts to wonder if there's more to the legend than meets the eye. On the cusp of a front-page story, Samantha is determined to unmask the culprit. With the help of her twin sister Lizzie, they delve deeper into the secrets surrounding the haunted stadium. But with time running out and the town in a panic, they must race against the clock to solve the mystery before it's too late. As strange things continue to happen around the stadium, Samantha begins to wonder if there's more to the haunting than she imagined. Can she find the culprit before the scoreboard hits zero? Or will the ghostly twelfth man secure a spooktacular victory and ruin Friday Night Frights? ---------------- Friday Night Frights is a stand-alone case in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you love quirky small-town characters, best friend shenanigans, and a Dalmatian sidekick, this series is for you! Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries Teachers, Tricks, and Time Capsules Silent Nights and Shoplifting Antiques, Alibis, and Auctions Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks Ghostwriters and Gravediggers Secrets, Lies, and Poisonberry Pies Friday Night Frights Turkey, Thievery, and Twins ----------------- small town cozy mystery, female sleuths mystery, funny cozy mystery, whodunit cozy mysteries, Texas, bluebonnets, novella, short stories, hour reads, short mysteries, dalmatian dog, ranch, cowgirls, private investigators, whimsical women sleuths, puppy, sisters, best friends, football, Halloween, costumes, Friday night lights, Texas high school football, ghosts, pumpkins

A Best Book of 2020 from Library Journal, CrimeReads, and BookPage “Marks the debut of an already accomplished novelist.” —John Banville The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas. Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative Bentley ten years ago, and while he’s finally made a life for himself as a gay man in New York, his younger brother’s disappearance soon brings him back to a place he thought he’d escaped for good. Meanwhile, Sheriff’s Deputy Starsha Clark stayed in Bentley; Joel’s return brings back painful memories—not to mention questions—about her own missing brother. And in the high school hallways, Dylan’s friends begin to suspect that their classmates know far more than they’re telling the police. Together, these unlikely allies will stir up secrets their town has long tried to ignore, drawing the attention of dangerous men who will stop at nothing to see that their crimes stay buried. But no one is quite prepared to face the darkness that’s begun to haunt their nightmares, whispering about a place long thought to be nothing but an urban legend: an empty night, a flicker of light on the horizon—The Bright Lands. Shocking, twisty and relentlessly suspenseful, John Fram’s debut is a heart-pounding story about old secrets, modern anxieties and the price young men pay for glory.

Fifth-graders Parker and Lucas get more than they bargained for when they seek to debunk one of Wolver Hollow's greatest legends about a haunted mustache that, every year on the anniversary of its owner's death, seeks a lip to claim as its own.

A serial killer is on the loose in Texas, his blood lust compelling him in a human hunt under the Friday night lights of the Texas gridiron. Tasked with stopping the brazen slasher's reign of terror is Texas Ranger Ashley Reynolds. The young, head-strong criminal profiler is drafted for the mission after a fellow ranger falls prey to the killer's blade, revealing just before her death that the offender has connections within the Texas Rangers. Unable to trust anyone in her own company, Ashley joins forces with Federal Agent Jack Looper, the sleuth's superior instincts overshadowed only by his immense ego. The reluctant partners span the Lone Star State on the heels of the killer, even as both agents fight demons of their very own. As they close in on the killer, it becomes unclear who is the hunter and who is the prey as the calculating culprit draws them in to his maniacal game plan of death.

Return once again to the enduring account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history.

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night... Some things must be learned the hard way . . . Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father, gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five Nights at Freddy's, there's always an education in pain. In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fanfavorite artist LadyFiszi. Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardenedFive Nights at Freddy's fans.

Life is going pretty well for Anna in her civilian life and as Astrogirl--at least until she finds she's been replaced on the Global Defenders. To get her mind off of it, she teams up with the Fearsome Force, a group of street-level heroes with good intentions and odd powers. When members of the Global Defenders start disappearing, it's up to Astrogirl and this motley group of heroes to find out what is going on before the world is left at the mercy of supervillains. Can they find the culprit in time or will Astrogirl and her new allies succumb to the awful power of the fearsome forces that are stacked against them?