Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Books Released, 7 to 13 Jan 2024

2 horror books this week

Themes: Dark fantasy and comedy crime horror

Photo by Jocelyn Morales on Unsplash

Table of Contents

Cold – Drew Hayden Taylor

Comedy crime horror

Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself entangled in an affair that’s ruining his marriage.

Paul North plays in the Indigenous Hockey League, struggling to keep up with the game that’s passing him by.

Detective Ruby Birch is chasing a string of gruesome murders, with clues that conspicuously lead her to both Elmore and Paul.

And then there’s Fabiola Halan, former journalist-turned-author and famed survivor of a plane crash that sparked a nationwide tour promoting her book.

What starts off as a series of subtle connections between isolated characters quickly takes a menacing turn, as it becomes increasingly clear that someone, or something, is hunting them all.

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known – Seanan McGuire

YA dark fantasy – Book 9 of Wayward Children

Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children.

When the school’s mean girl realizes that Antsy’s talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, Antsy is forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping their promise.

Along the way, they travel from a world which hides painful memories that cut as sharply as its beauty, to a land that time wasn’t yet old enough to forget, and more than one student’s life will change forever.

Published: 13 January 2024

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