Horror novels aren’t just for October! Whether you’re a die-hard horror fan, or a new reader looking to dip your toe into the genre while it’s still light out in the evening, this summer has several books to entice you.
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
This faux-memoir about a formative, youthful friendship where one friend turned to dark forces is told from two perspectives: Art Barbara, resolutely uncool dude, who formed a club of volunteer pallbearers for poorly attended funerals as a teenager; and Mercy, the cool girl who joined his club but was maybe too interested in the dead bodies.
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Receiving word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, former soldier Alex Easton rushes to the Usher’s estate in rural Ruritania to find unchecked fungal growth, possessed wildlife, and both Madeline and her brother Roderick behaving strangely. Can Alex unravel the secret of the House of Usher? Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
In 1820s Mexico, Beatriz accepts a marriage proposal and finds herself at a haunted estate, where she’ll rely on the help of a local priest to save herself and the others who live at the hacienda.
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Driven to the edge by his daughter’s illness and medical debt, Mario takes a job as a hitman, and then a final job hijacking a Mexican cartel’s cash shipment where he faces nightmarish monsters, both human and otherworldly. For those who like their horror dark and disturbing.
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
After years of self-exile Vera returns to Crowder House, her childhood home, to take care of her ailing mother. The house was built by her father, a serial killer. Grappling with her sharp-tongued mother, haunting memories, and a guest artist “inspired” by her father, Vera begins to find notes seemingly in her father’s handwriting, and knows there are still more terrible secrets to be found.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
On a remote estate on the Yucatán peninsula Carlota Moreau strains at the limitations of her cloistered life, as her father and his assistant conduct experiments resulting in human/animal hybrids. When Eduardo Lizalde, the son of Dr. Moreau’s patron, arrives, the delicate peace is upset beginning a dangerous chain reaction. A reimagining of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau.
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
Reality dating show The Catch is filming on Otters Island, a former LGBTQ vacation getaway until several hikers disappeared in the 1990s. Down to just four contestants, the stakes get real when they spot a cryptid in the woods, and discover she’s taken an interest in the production.
~ posted by Andrea G.
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