Published By: Angry RobotPages: 400Released On: 10/06/2025 Science has stolen sleep and awakened a world of horror.“I’ve been an insomniac all of my life, but I’m not Sleepless and I won’t become Sleepless, just as long as the chips that were put into their heads never get put into mine. There’s little chance of that,Continue reading “Awakened – Laura Elliott”
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The Lamb – Lucy Rose
Published By: W&NPages: 336Released On: 30/01/2025 Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm.Continue reading “The Lamb – Lucy Rose”
Strange Pictures – Uketsu
Published By: Pushkin VertigoPages: 240Released On: 16/01/2025Translated By: Jim Rion A series of drawings by a pregnant woman conceal a chilling warning. A child’s picture of his home contains within it a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth into a terrifying investigation. CanContinue reading “Strange Pictures – Uketsu”
Of the Flesh – Various Authors
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 10/10/2024 These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror. An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman’s workplace affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover’s wife dies.Continue reading “Of the Flesh – Various Authors”
The Shadow Key – Susan Stokes-Chapman
Published By: Harvill SeckerPages: 464Released On: 11/04/2024 Meirionydd, 1783. Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital. The only job he can find is as a physician in the backwaters of Wales where he can’t speak the language, belief in myth and magic is rife, and the villagers treat himContinue reading “The Shadow Key – Susan Stokes-Chapman”
The Sussex Pond Murder – Richard Sorapure
Pages: 363Released On: 20/07/2023 The Sussex Pond Murder centres upon the mysterious death of Michelle Gagneux, a French teacher at St Wilfrid’s Prep School for boys, who is found lifeless in the school pond in the winter of 1983. The story follows Michael Fletcher, a geography teacher who becomes entangled in the investigation. The police suspectContinue reading “The Sussex Pond Murder – Richard Sorapure”
Looking Glass Sound – Catriona Ward
Published By: ViperPages: 352Released On: 20/04/2023 Writers are monsters. We eat everything we see… In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked the New England town where they spentContinue reading “Looking Glass Sound – Catriona Ward”
The Whispering Muse – Laura Purcell
Published By: Raven BloomsburyPages: 304Released On: 02/02/2023 Be careful what you wish for… it may just come true. At The Mercury Theatre in London’s West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become theContinue reading “The Whispering Muse – Laura Purcell”
Family Business – Jonathan Sims
Published By: OrionPages: 336Released On: 13/10/2022 JUST ANOTHER DEAD-END JOB. DEATH. IT’S A DIRTY BUSINESS. When Diya Burman’s best friend Angie dies, it feels like her own life is falling apart. Wanting a fresh start, she joins Slough & Sons – a family firm that cleans up after the recently deceased. Old love letters. PorcelainContinue reading “Family Business – Jonathan Sims”
The Toll House – Carly Reagon
Published By: Little BrownPages: 352Released On: 06/10/2022 The past isn’t always dead and buried. A house with history. That’s how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. For Kelda it’s the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years. But when Kelda findsContinue reading “The Toll House – Carly Reagon”
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