THE FIFTH SCHOLAR by Isaac Agumba The letter wasn't supposed to exist. Mara didn't apply to the Veyrath Academy. She'd never heard of it. And yet the black envelope arrived with her name in silver ink that shimmered like something living; sealed in wax that hummed when she touched it. "Acceptance is not optional. Your presence is required. Your ability has already been noted.", it read, in conclusion. Hidden in a mountain range that doesn't appear on any map, the Veyrath Academy is no ordinary school. It is ancient, hungry, and extraordinarily selective. Of the thirty students who arrive, only five are chosen to become Scholars: bound by ceremony, forged by fire, and watched by faculty who appraise them like collectors at an auction. Mara has spent her whole life being quietly overlooked. Now she's been noticed by something that doesn't forget. And at Veyrath, being noticed is only the beginning of the danger. As secrets unravel: a library of locked doors, a binding ceremony no one fully explains, a disappearance no one officially acknowledges; Mara begins to suspect that the Academy's greatest mystery isn't what lies in the restricted floors. It's why the fifth scholar was chosen at all. Five were selected. Only four were meant to survive. The Fifth Scholar is perfect for fans of Harry Potter fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, and Babel by R.F. Kuang, etc.

The Last Mrs. Harlow by Isaac Agumba as Cathryne McOwuor See all formats and editions She married into a beautiful life. She just didn't know someone had already tried to escape it. When Claire Ashworth becomes the second Mrs. Harlow, she gains everything she never expected - a stunning estate on the coast of Maine, a wealthy and attentive husband, and a life that looks, from the outside, like a dream. But the house has a memory. A crescent moon earring in a kitchen drawer. Initials half-sanded from a banister. A single chair in an empty room, facing the window, with a coffee ring on the sill from someone who used to sit there every morning and watch. The first Mrs. Harlow didn't just disappear. She left a trail. And Claire is beginning to understand that she was always meant to find it. As Claire digs beneath the polished surface of her new life, she uncovers two journals written by Eliza Harlow - a meticulous, devastating record of a woman slowly being erased. The medication no one prescribed. The surveillance no one was supposed to know about. The private investigator. The locked drawer. The cliff road where Eliza's car was found, empty, the night she vanished. But the deeper Claire looks, the more dangerous her position becomes. Because the man who married Eliza is now her husband. And he is very, very good at making women doubt everything they know. With a detective who has never believed the official story, a mother-in-law carrying secrets of her own, and a housekeeper who has been silent for too long, Claire must decide how much she trusts herself — and how much time she has left to act. The Last Mrs. Harlow is a heart-stopping psychological thriller about love, survival, and the devastating cost of being truly known by the wrong person. With a triple-layer twist that will make you question everything you've read, this is the book you'll finish at three in the morning and immediately need to talk about. Some women disappear. Some women make you think they did. And some women find out the difference just in time. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty, and Lucy Foley. If you loved The Housemaid, The Silent Patient, and Behind Closed Doors; this is your next obsession.