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    Christina Henry · standalone novel · 2024

    Set in north america.

    “A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets.”

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    Peter Straub · standalone novel · 1976

    Ghost stories, about grief and loss, set in north america.

    “Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”

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    series · 3 books · 1975

    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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    Ramsey Campbell · standalone novel · 1988

    Psychological horror.

    “A young girl begins to take on the characteristics of her departed grandmother, an evil and oppressive woman.”

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    Ramsey Campbell · standalone novel · 1989

    Mystery & detective, set in north america and countryside & village.

    “A lost horror film holds the key to terrifying secrets.”

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    Darcy Coates · standalone novel · 2016

    Ghost stories.

    “When Adrienne arrives on the gothic house's doorstep, all she has is a suitcase, twenty dollars, and her pet cat.”

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