A Selection of Horror Books Released, 26 Jan to 1 Feb 2025
Themes: Psychological, ghosts, creature, haunted house, and serial killer horror
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Table of Contents
At the Bottom of the Garden – Camilla Bruce
Gothic ghost horror
A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls.
Clara Woods is a killer, and perfectly fine with it, too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better? At the bottom of her garden is a flower bed, long overgrown, where her late husband rests in peace, or so she’s always thought.
Then the girls arrive.
Lily and Violet are her nieces, recently orphaned after their affluent parents died on an ill-fated anniversary trip. In accordance with their parents’ will, the sisters are to go to their closest relative, who happens to be Clara. Despite having no interest in children, Clara agrees to take them, hoping to get her hands on some of the girls’ assets, not only to bolster her dwindling fortune but also to establish what she hopes will be her legacy: a line of diamond jewelry.
There’s only one problem. Violet can see the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She can see all of Clara’s ghosts and call them back into existence. Soon Clara is plagued by her victims and at war with the gifted girls in her care. Lily and Violet have become a liability, and they know far more than they should.
At Dark, I Become Loathsome – Eric LaRocca
Psychological LGBTQ+ horror
“If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.”
A single line of text, glowing in the darkness of the internet. Written by Ashley Lutin, who has often thought the same, and worse, in the years since his wife died and his young son disappeared. But the peace of the grave is not for him, it’s for those he can help. Ashley has constructed a peculiar ritual for those whose desire to die is at war with their yearning to live a better life.
Struggling to overcome his own endless grief, one night Ashley finds connection with Jinx, a potential candidate for Ashley’s next ritual, who spins a tale both revolting and fascinating. Thus begins a relationship that traps the two men in an ever-tightening spiral of painful revelations, where long-hidden secrets are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the light.
Only through pain can we find healing. Only through death can we find new life.
Never Leaving – Elford Alley
Haunted house horror
“You gotta run. Run toward them.”
The Carters never want to leave their first affordable home. Even when spirits attempt to drive them out, they endeavour to fight back.
They soon discover that these entities are desperately trying to warn them of what is burrowing beneath them as it hungers.
Old Soul – Susan Barker
Psychological horror
In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they’ve both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since.
Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades.
A trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone, and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.
Our Winter Monster – Dennis Mahoney
Creature horror
For the last year, Holly and Brian have been out of sync. Neither can forget what happened that one winter evening; neither can forgive what’s happened since. Tonight, Holly and Brian race toward Pinebuck, New York, trying to outrun a blizzard on their way to the ski village getaway they hope will save their relationship. But soon they lose control of the car, and then of themselves.
Now Sheriff Kendra Book is getting calls about a couple in trouble, along with reports of a brutal and mysterious creature rampaging through town, leaving a trail of crushed cars, wrecked buildings, and mangled bodies in the snow.
To Kendra, who lost another couple to the snow just seven weeks ago, the danger feels personal. But not as personal as it feels to Holly and Brian, who are starting to see the past, the present, and themselves in a monstrous new light
The Women Without Eyes – Micah Castle
Serial killer horror
With the Southside Killer stalking the city, leaving a trail of victims in his wake, Detective Wolfe has his hands full. Six months ago, a woman was found murdered in Refleski Park, her eyes missing. Now, another victim has been discovered, bearing the same horrifying signature. Yet another killer is on the loose.
As Wolfe digs deeper, he uncovers a chilling pattern: a series of murders spanning decades, each marked by the ritualistic removal of the victim’s eyes. The only clue connecting the killings is a mysterious symbol branded on the victims’ bodies.
Driven by guilt and a thirst for justice, Wolfe finds himself on the trail of a killer far more sinister than he could have imagined. His pursuit leads him to William Acerieas, a man consumed by his family’s dark legacy and a twisted obsession with an ancient book.
Wolfe’s investigation plunges him into a world of ancient rituals, terrifying secrets, and a horrifying truth that will shatter everything he believes.
Published: 1 February 2025
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