Dear Readers,
Halloween is tonight!
The neighborhood kids will soon be arriving at the door in costumes they can’t wait to show off.
Whatever draws you to Halloween — the costumes, the candy, the spectacle or the thrills — there’s a book to keep the fun going long after the last trick-or-treater heads home.
For the costume lovers:
She’s a Doll by Barbara Truelove
Some people dress as dolls for Halloween. Lucy McQuinn becomes one — after she’s murdered. Trapped in a porcelain doll, she recruits a human ally to help punish her killer. Lacy sleeves, murderous intentions and a very unconventional second act make this dark comedy a wicked addition to your reading pile.
For those who always want one more treat:
The Killing Time by Elly Griffiths
If “just one more chapter” is your reading equivalent of “just one more piece,” meet Detective Ali Dawson. A suspicious death linked to a psychic medium sends her pursuing danger across centuries, in a mystery packed with Victorian atmosphere, time-travel complications and hints of the supernatural. Go ahead. Have another chapter.
For fans of the spectacle:
Eternal Glow by Heather Gay
Forget the elaborate Halloween makeup. Celeste’s new look is truly frightening. Desperate to maintain her standing among affluent Mormon mothers, she accepts a secret beauty treatment that promises radiance — and delivers gruesome side effects. This body-horror thriller takes the pursuit of the perfect glow to horrifying extremes.
For those who come for the scares:
Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones
Nathan Yellow Tail joins three older Blackfeet activists to bring a boy’s remains home from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. But something terrible travels with the bones. A mission of return and remembrance becomes a story steeped in supernatural dread — the kind that might have you switching on another light.
Still room for more? Find your next fright in our full Halloween reading lineup.
Happy Halloween — and happy reading!
Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib
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