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The Secret of Crickley HallNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel2006
Gothic, tense in tone, about family secrets.
Her Fearful SymmetryNovel
Audrey Niffeneggerstandalone novel2009
Gothic, about family secrets, set in our world.
BreatheNovel
Cliff McNishstandalone novel2006
Tense in tone, about survival, set in countryside & village.
“Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother, and discovers that the Ghost Mother wants him to herself.”
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The Woman in BlackSeries
series3 books1983
Gothic, tense in tone, set in small town.
“A television film adaptation with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale, was produced in 1989.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and our world.
“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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Naomi's RoomNovel
Jonathan Aycliffestandalone novel1991
Dark in tone, about family secrets.