Best Recent Horror Books to read for Fall 2022

Verity

When Lowen Ashleigh accepts the job of a lifetime, she is a struggling author on the verge of bankruptcy. Verity Crawford, a best-selling author, is unable to finish the remaining volumes in her popular series, so her husband, Jeremy Crawford, has hired Lowen to finish the series for him.

Looking through years’ worth of Verity’s notes and outlines, Lowen comes at the Crawford residence with the intention of finding enough information to get her going. Unfinished memoirs by Verity, which she never intended for anybody to read, is what Lowen doesn’t expect to find in the tumultuous workplace. Verity’s memory of the night her family’s life was irrevocably changed is among the horrifying admissions that fill page after page.

Knowing that the manuscript’s contents may destroy the already distraught father, Lowen resolves to keep it a secret from Jeremy. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy become stronger, she realizes how much she would gain if Jeremy read his wife’s letter. Even though Jeremy is dedicated to his hurt wife, he would be unable to continue loving her if he learned the horrible reality.

This book’s intensity and tempo always changes, and just when you think you know what to anticipate next, Hoover throws you a curveball. Readers are searching for hints right up to the very last page. When you think you understand the who, what, when, where, and why, everything abruptly shifts, leaving you in shock.

All Good People Here

You can never be certain of what takes place behind closed doors. Everyone in Wakarusa, Indiana, is familiar with the story of January Jacobs, who was found dead in a ditch after her family had woken up to find her missing. At the time, Margot Davies and January were neighbors and both were six years old. Since then, Margot has matured, relocated, and developed into a prominent journalist. However, she has always been plagued by the thought that it might have been her. The worst part is that no one has ever been held accountable for January’s murder.

Margot feels as though she has stepped into a time capsule when she comes home to assist with caring for her uncle after learning that he has early-onset dementia. She recognizes Wakarusa as kind, constrained, and secretive. Then, information about Natalie Clark, a five-year-old from the nearby town, goes missing in suspiciously identical circumstances to those in January. Margot makes a commitment to find Natalie and to conclusively solve January’s murder as all the old emotions come flooding back.

But everyone seems to be keeping something hidden—the police, Natalie’s family, and the locals. Additionally, the more resistance Margot runs into while investigating Natalie’s disappearance, the icier January’s case appears to be. Could the murderer from January still be at large? Is it the same individual who abducted Natalie? And how much would finding out the truth about what happened that night, twenty years ago, actually cost?

All Good People Here is a twisty, spooky, and powerful story that poses the question: What are your neighbors capable of when they believe no one is looking?

The Silent Patient

The life of Alicia Berenson appears to be ideal. She is a well-known painter who is married to a well-known fashion photographer. She resides in a lavish home with large windows that looks out onto a park in one of London’s most prestigious neighborhoods. Gabriel, her husband, arrives home late one evening from a fashion assignment, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face before going silent.

By being silent and refusing to offer any explanation, Alicia elevates a family tragedy into a mystery that captivates the public’s interest and makes her famous. She, the quiet patient, is kept out of the spotlight and tabloids at the Grove, a secure forensic facility in North London, as the value of her artwork soars.

A criminal psychologist named Theo Faber has been eager to work with Alicia for a while. The pursuit of the truth that threatens to overwhelm him leads him down a winding route into his own motivations in an effort to persuade her to open up and reveal the mystery of why she shot her husband.

The Ink Black Heart

Private investigator Robin Ellacott is unsure of how to react when desperate, unkempt Edie Ledwell enters the office and begs to talk to her. Edie, the co-creator of the well-known cartoon The Ink Black Heart, is being harassed online by an unknown person using the alias Anomie. Edie is driven to find out who Anomie really is.

Before learning the tragic news that Edie had been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the setting of The Ink Black Heart, a few days later, Robin makes the decision that the agency can’t help with this.

Robin and her business partner, Cormoran Strike, become dragged into the search to find Anomie’s true identity. Strike and Robin are forced to go through a maze of online identities, competing financial interests, and personal issues as they become entangled in a case that tests their deductive skills to the breaking point and endangers them in horrific new ways. . . The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force, a riveting, devilishly cunning mystery.

Layla

Leeds is certain he will spend the rest of his life with Layla when they first meet, but a surprise attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. Layla makes a physical recovery after spending weeks in the hospital, but the emotional and mental trauma has changed the Layla that Leeds fell in love with. Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they originally met in order to restart their relationship. When they get there, Layla starts acting strangely. And that’s only one of many strange things that happen.

Leeds, who is feeling estranged from Layla, quickly finds comfort in Willow, another B&B visitor with whom he connects over their shared worries. His decision to assist Willow in her search for information puts him directly at odds with Layla’s welfare as his interest in Willow deepens. Leeds quickly understands that he must choose because he is unable to assist both of them. But if he chooses incorrectly, it may be bad for all of them.

The Perfect Marriage

At 33 years old, Sarah Morgan is a named partner at her firm and a highly effective defense lawyer in Washington, D.C. Her life is going according to plan.

Her husband, Adam, cannot be considered to be the same. He is an unsuccessful writer who has had a mediocre career. Sarah is always working, and he starts to get tired of their relationship
Adam had a passionate affair with Kelly Summers in Adam and Sarah’s vacation home in the wilderness.

Then everything changes one morning. Adam gets detained for Kelly’s slaying. She had been discovered dead from stab wounds in Adam and Sarah’s vacation home.

Sarah suddenly finds herself defending her own husband, who is charged with killing his mistress.

However, is Adam guilty or innocent?

Hidden Pictures

When Mallory Quinn accepts a job as Ted and Caroline Maxwell’s babysitter, she has recently completed treatment. Teddy, their five-year-old son, will be in her care.

Mallory takes to it right away. She has a place of her own, goes for evening runs, and has the stability she needs. Teddy, a nice, bashful youngster who is never without his notebook and pencil, and she genuinely bonds with one another. The typical drawing subjects he uses are trees, rabbits, and balloons. But one day, he sketches a completely different image: a man dragging a woman’s dead body through a forest.

After that, Teddy’s drawings became more ominous, and his stick figures quickly develop into lifelike designs that are much beyond the capabilities of any five-year-old. Mallory starts to wonder if these are glimmers of a murder that has gone unsolved for a long time, perhaps relayed by a paranormal power.

Despite being aware of how absurd everything sounds, Mallory sets out to interpret the visions and save Teddy before it’s too late.

The Housemaid

I thoroughly clean the Winchesters’ lovely home every day. I pick up their child from school. Then I prepare a delectable lunch for the entire family before going upstairs to eat by myself in my small room on the top floor.

I make an effort to ignore the mess Nina creates solely to observe me clean it up. What bizarre tales she tells about her own daughter. Andrew, her husband, seemed to be getting worse every day. But it’s difficult for me to resist picturing what Nina’s life must be like while I gaze into Andrew’s charming brown eyes, which are so filled with suffering. The perfect husband, the luxurious automobile, and the walk-in closet.

One of Nina’s immaculate white dresses is the only one I ever try on. just to experience it for myself. But as soon as she finds out, it’s too late for me to discover that my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside.

However, I convince myself that the Winchesters are unaware of my true identity.

They don’t know what I’m capable of…

Does It Hurt?

The story recounted by HD Carlton is atmospheric and engrossing. Does it Hurt, a part-dark romance, part-thriller, is a gorgeous wave of mystery, suspense, and fire. However, the thriller will have you completely engrossed because of its suspense, setting, and mood. And so fascinating.

Fans of HD should be aware that this is less ominous and more of a suspense thriller than some of her earlier works. I appreciated seeing her try out a new genre and spread her wings. It has all the fire and energy we’ve come to expect from her. This story undoubtedly demonstrates HD’s ability to develop a mystery and an entire architecture around it. Even though I didn’t always feel a connection to this pair, they and the mystery they found themselves in certainly piqued my interest. The pages were kept turning, for sure. I was on the edge of my seat as the drama came to an intense and gripping peak.

Fairy Tale

The title of Stephen King’s latest book, Fairy Tale, may not be surprising, yet it feels like an homage to many different stories and storytellers.
There are numerous overt allusions to Disney, Grimm Fairy Tales, Ray Bradbury, and HP Lovecraft throughout the story of Charlie Reade and his journey to the world of Empis, but there are just as many fragments of ideas from King’s own work that are explored in different places.

Charlie Reade, the protagonist of the book, is first introduced. He is a 17-year-old lad from Illinois who is dealing with an alcoholic father. As Charlie grows attracted to a weird old man and his dog Radar, King spends the first quarter of the novel establishing the background. The real adventure starts when the elderly guy passes away and leaves a message that takes Charlie and Radar on an unbelievable epic quest.

The 6:20 Man

Travis Devine is a complex and multifaceted individual who led numerous lives before to joining the wall street minion squad. Travis had an above-board Army career that provided him with more than enough training to be a lifelong soldier, but sometimes you have to make decisions that you do not like but that are necessary.

Currently, Travis needs all the background knowledge he can get to combat forces that are attempting to connect him to the murder of a coworker with whom he had only a passing relationship. When so many enigmatic and timed people start appearing at home and at work, bewilderment ensues, and he becomes determined to find a solution.

The most interesting chance that is pressed upon him is from another section of the government that wants him to use his inside position at his company to gather information about what this organization is actually up to. Everyone knows something is not right but proving intuition is not easy, especially when more than half the individuals hunting Travis are not who they say they are.

Travis enlists his roommates to see if their still set can get him out of the problem he is in as another person is murdered and the parts still do not fit together, not even at an angle. Travis is forced to transform into a super spy and use every resource at his disposal, including the boss’s girlfriend, despite the fact that he views himself as a normal man who takes the train to work every day.

It’s never a pleasant situation to be in to not know who your friend or enemy is, but for Travis, fighting is the only way to win the war.

Project Hail Mary

In a desperate, last-ditch effort, Ryland Grace is the last survivor; if he fails, humanity and the world itself will perish.

Except that he isn’t aware of that at the moment. Even his own name escapes him, let alone the details of his task or how to carry it out.

He only is aware that he has been dozing off for a very, very long time. He just woke up to discover that he was millions of kilometers from his home and that his only companions were two dead bodies.

Ryland discovers his crewmates are dead and that he is now faced with an impossible mission as his memories begin to blur. He must solve an unfathomable scientific enigma while traveling through space on this tiny ship in order to defeat a threat to our species’ annihilation.

He must complete the task alone because time is running out and the closest human is light-years away.

Project Hail Mary is an enthralling galactic adventure that only Andy Weir could create. It rivals The Martian as a story of discovery, supposition, and survival while transporting us to locations that the latter had never ever considered.