SINISTER, THRILLING & SUPERNATURAL: LAYERED HORROR – FICTION
Lacey N. Dunham’s The Belles: A Novel is set in 1951 at the secluded Bellerton College, where outsider Deena joins an elite circle of girls anointed “The Belles.” Bound by secrets, cruel pranks, and dangerous games, the group hides a sinister history. And as Deena’s past threatens to expose her, she must risk everything – including her life – to belong. Daniel G. Miller’s The Orphanage by the Lake follows Hazel: 30 years old, single, and just months away from closing her private investigation business. Then mysterious socialite Madeline Hemsley hires her to find a young orphaned girl who has disappeared from a children’s home. It seems like a standard runaway case. But the place holds terrifying secrets – and so does Madeline. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout, Old Testament Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric’s father, Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Toby Lloyd’s Fervor: A Novel follows them as their perfect daughter comes undone, disappears, and returns altered in disturbing ways. Is religion the cure or the disease?
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