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The Sanctuary
by Gustavo Abrevaya
How it starts: When their car breaks down outside of the small Argentinian village of Los Huemules, indie filmmaker Alvaro and his wife Alicia consider it a minor inconvenience.
But then: They seek shelter in the town's lone motel, but after Alicia disappears without a trace the following morning, Alvaro embarks on an increasingly desperate quest to find her.
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| The House of Last Resort by Christopher GoldenWhat it is: Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden's compelling latest stars an American couple who move to a remote Italian town and purchase an opulent yet abandoned estate that was once owned by the Catholic Church. What secrets lie within its crumbling walls?
For fans of: The Chrysalis by Brendan Deneen; The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. |
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Becoming the Boogeyman
by Richard Chizmar
What it's about: After making a successful true crime writing and filmmaking career revolving around the murders that shook his hometown decades earlier, Rich Chizmar is terrified when the killings begin again.
Series alert: This novel is the sequel to the author's 2021 book Chasing the Boogeyman.
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| What Feasts at Night by T. KingfisherWhat it's about: World-weary soldier Alex Easton returns to their family home in Gallacia, where they find the caretaker dead from lung disease and rumors swirling in the village about an entity that steals people's breath.
Series alert: This 2nd creepy entry in T. Kingfisher's bestselling Sworn Soldier series (following What Moves the Dead) will appeal to fans of evocative gothic novels like Marielle Thompson's Where Ivy Dares to Grow. |
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| The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteWhat it's about: Twenty years after surviving a cosmic event that turned everyone in her hometown into ghosts, Talitha Velkwood returns to the site of the haunting to confront past traumas and reckon with horrors both real and supernatural in this character-driven latest from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens.
Try this next: The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy. |
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| Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny MoraineWhat it's about: Sunny Moraine's suspenseful apocalyptic horror novel centers on a virus in which eye contact causes murderous rage among the afflicted, starring an isolated young woman whose chance encounter with a stranger could threaten the peace she's worked so hard to build.
For fans of: The Last of Us; Bird Box by Josh Malerman; The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson. |
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Rouge
by Mona Awad
What it's about: After the mysterious death of her estranged mother, Belle, insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos, is lured into La Maison de Méduse a lavish, culty spa where she discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother's) obsession with the mirror.
Reviewers say: "This is the stuff of fairy tales—red shoes, ballrooms, mirrors, and thorns but also sincerity, poignancy, and terror.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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| Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth VeronaWhat happens: In 1993 suburban New Jersey, babysitter Amy and her two young charges grapple with an escalating serious of strange phenomena over the course of a single night.
For fans of: Emily Ruth Verona's fast-paced debut is "a giddy exercise in nostalgia" (Publishers Weekly) that will appeal to fans of Halloween, Grady Hendrix novels, and The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones. |
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