"A lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, two people living centuries apart discover a door between their worlds."

"A striking homage to the classic nineteenth-century ghost story set in Norfolk in 1867."

"When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust."

"A magnetic debut novel of wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall."

"A densely packed story about a car accident victim in the burn ward that is befriended by a mysterious woman."

"A haunting work of historical fiction piecing together the life of Due's relative and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys."

"As the past clings tight to the present, the shadows, as if in a terrifying fairy tale, grow longer and deadlier."

"A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature."

"Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, a novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world."

"A tantalizing tale of suspense and family secrets that weaves Victorian ghost stories into the present – where they start to come true."

"Set in 1960s Italy, an American actress snags the starring role in a mysterious horror movie shooting on location in a crumbling medieval castle outside Rome."

"As Noemi begins to unearth stories of violence and madness, she is slowly drawn into a terrifying yet secretive world--a world that may be impossible to escape."

"Nell sets out to trace her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor and the secrets of the Mountrachet family."

"Newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's country estate, but what greets her is far from the life of privilege she was expecting."

"A love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to a rich vein of storytelling."

"When Jo discovers her husband’s darkest secrets, she is isolated in a place of deception and grief, and she must find the truth or lose herself forever."

"A bewitching gothic novel about a world of family secrets, the mysteries of human genetics, and the burden of family inheritance."

"A nanny at a luxurious Scottish Highlands home is imprisoned for a child's murder, struggling to explain the unraveling events that led to her incarceration."

"Are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how terrifyingly, their story will be intimately entwined with his."

"A seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets—an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love."

Julia Bishop’s life is in ruins after fallout from her husband’s misdeeds and subsequent suicide. When a stranger appears at her door offering her a chance to escape the media frenzy, she gratefully takes him up on his unusual offer. Leaving all her belongings and identification behind, Julia goes to a secluded mansion near Lake Superior to act as a companion for the elderly Mrs. Sinclair. Are the strange sights and sounds she experiences at Havenwood due to medication withdrawal, or something more sinister? Why does she feel like she has been there before, and why does she feel like there is an ulterior motive for her invitation?

A great example of the modern gothic genre, The Vanishing has all the requisite elements and themes, but none of the overwrought, emotive aspects that are often found in more classic examples.

Pan's Labyrinth