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Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1962

Literary & general, eerie in tone, about family secrets, set in mid 20th century.

“A young woman lives with her older sister and sickly uncle in their old family house, after a mysterious tragedy turns the townsfolk against them.”
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Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

series9 books1985

completed

Mystery & detective, dark in tone, set in north america and late 20th century.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
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Falling AngelNovel

William Hjortsbergstandalone novel1978

Mystery & detective, dark in tone, set in north america and mid 20th century.

“Written in a hardboiled detective style with supernatural themes, it was adapted into the 1987 film Angel Heart.”
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Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

series5 books1959

Psychological horror, dark in tone, about madness, set in north america.

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The NamelessNovel

Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel1981

Dark and tense in tone, about grief and loss, set in contemporary.

“Barbara Waugh experienced the worst horror a mother can imagine.”
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The Devil and the Dark WaterNovel

Stuart Turtonstandalone novel2020

Historical mystery and historical fiction, set in at sea and renaissance and early modern.

“Set in 1634, it features a detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable crimes aboard an East Indiaman ship.”
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