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THRILLER & SUSPENSE
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONEA devious intimation of homegrown terrors likely to keep readers awake long after closing time has come and gone. Full review >
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LET ME INby John Ajvide Lindqvist & translated by Ebba Segerberg
Worth taking a bite. Full review >
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ZONE ONEThe latest from a generation of literary novelists who are erasing the distinction between art and pulp. Full review >
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GHOSTS BY GASLIGHTedited by Jack Dann & Nick Gevers
Clever and often impressive work that succeeds, mostly, in being more than a mere exercise in nostalgia. Full review >
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THE BONE BEDAn ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer,... Full review >
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HARBORby John Ajvide Lindqvist translated by Marlaine Delargy
Perhaps not a book to read by the seashore, if you’re literal-minded. A spooky pleasure, expertly told. Full review >
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DEAD OF NIGHTAn outlandish but superfluous zombie yarn that is gruesome, imaginative and grateful to its inspirations. Full review >
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YOU CAME BACKAn overlong but potent story, balancing supernatural gloom and marital conflict. Full review >
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THE SOLITARY HOUSEShepherd offers an intricate plot and a thousand details of the least-admirable side of Victorian life. A must-read. Full review >
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ANGEL OF DARKNESSby Katy Munger
Munger’s third Dead Detective case (Angel Interrupted, 2010, etc.) is a police procedural with a twist. Kevin’s latest... Full review >
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WHAT THE CAT SAWby Carolyn Hart
Veteran Hart (Death Comes Silently, 2012, etc.) launches a new series with a combination of red herrings, romance and what... Full review >
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DROWNEDA slim novel with a taut narrative line and a sense of impending disaster. Full review >
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DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITCHby Laura Levine
Levine’s latest finds her at her witty and wacky best. Full review >
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