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Falling AngelNovel
William Hjortsbergstandalone novel1978
About identity, 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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Department 18Series
series8 books2008
Horror and mystery & detective, dark and tense in tone, about demons and murder investigation, set in contemporary.
Start with Black Cathedral →
HornsNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2010
Dark fantasy, about revenge, set in north america and small town.
Fire SpiritNovel
Graham Mastertonstandalone novel2010
Horror and mystery & detective, dark and tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in our world and contemporary.
“Ruth Cutter juggles family life with her career as a top arson investigator, but a series of horrific fires leaves her baffled.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.
“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →
HideawayNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1992
Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, about psychic powers, set in north america.
“After being resuscitated from clinical death, a man finds himself telepathically linked with a psychopathic serial murderer who has also been resuscitated from clinical death; and the psychopath decides to target the man and his family.”
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