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House of Desolation by Alex Webster

An eerie supernatural thriller set against a haunted Regency backdrop, House of Desolation by Alex Webster is a chilling portrait of secrets, sanity, and the resiliency of family love.

When Sir Thomas Hargrave inherits a crumbling family manor, the unexpected windfall seems like an ideal foundation for him and his wife Eleanor to begin their new life together. Along with the financial burden of renovation, however, the young couple must weather mysterious occurrences and accidents on the estate, as well as the looming sense that a tragic specter of innocence remains trapped within the walls. As their marriage begins to […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2025-08-13T13:31:03+02:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Horror Book Reviews, Paranormal Book Reviews|

Hindsight by W.D. County

A timeline-twisting thrill with a sinister splash of the occult, Hindsight by W.D. County is a supernatural mystery driven by an enigmatic pair of investigators.

Nathan Ember may occasionally feel cursed by his ability to see one day into the past, but it makes him a great PI and the begrudging asset to a suspicious police force. Galena Torres is a psychic who can communicate with restless spirits, and while she is convinced that Nathan is actually a ghost, they cautiously join forces to unravel the truth behind a heinous crime. As they search for an embezzling reverend, hunt a […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2025-07-11T20:19:06+02:00July 11th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Paranormal Book Reviews, Thriller Book Reviews|

Review: A Madness Unmade by E.K. Larson-Burnett

Astoundingly clever and deftly penned, A Madness Unmade (The Deathly Inheritance Duology Book 1) by E.K. Larson-Burnett is a biting parody of life itself, and a youthful musing on the illogical nature of existence. Armed with a remarkably precocious protagonist and the narrative touch of a major writer in the making, this eccentric novel absolutely shines with confidence and originality.

As the sole living resident of the Underhallow, Laurel Rumbroom only keeps company with specters and her beloved ghost-cat Goose, but her relatively predictable days have been intriguingly disturbed by a mysterious string of necrotic deliveries. Each week, a new […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2025-06-11T10:04:39+02:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Paranormal Book Reviews, Urban Fantasy Book Reviews|

A Wildflower in the Dark by Michael E. Kozak

A genre-hopping work of speculative fiction, A Wildflower in the Dark by Michael E. Kozak is a wholly inventive mixture of dystopian and supernatural fiction.

Set in a post-apocalyptic 2192, Gretan Hutchen, a man marked by a life of adversity and miraculous survival, embarks on a journey that is as introspective as it is perilous. Orphaned and afflicted by health challenges, Gretan navigates a war-torn world when he discovers an inherited ability to communicate with the Sleepless dead. After communicating with the Sleepless lady, he comes to find that a shadowy group called the Ancients is looking to form an […]

Jeyran Main2024-05-07T16:24:21+02:00May 5th, 2024|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Dystopian Fiction Book Reviews, Paranormal Book Reviews|

Review: A Place of Vengeance by David Lafferty

Gypsy curses, gym class crushes and ghostly visions haunt the pages of A Place of Vengeance: Tales from Windward Cove by David Lafferty, a clever piece of supernatural teen drama.

An aspiring young psychic trying to find his way in life by getting in touch with the afterlife, Ben Wolf is the humbly cool protagonist of this wild tale, boasting the perfect blend of self-deprecation and untapped potential. High school is hard as a new kid in town, and while Ben’s noble nature and crew of summertime friends make things a bit easier, something paranormal is going on at Silver […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2024-02-18T15:42:58+02:00December 22nd, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: The House on Tyner by Matthew O’Connell

Eerie, surprising, and profoundly emotional, The House on Tyner by Matthew O’Connell is a beautifully written ghost story with the structure of a mystery, plunging the reader into the snowy atmosphere of Nevada’s winters, and into the chilling outcomes of a murder case that challenges the reader’s sense of the rational.

Since losing his wife and children and quitting his baseball career, Jackson retrained as a chef and decided to pursue what once had been his wife’s dream – to leave Napa Valley and open a restaurant on Lake Tahoe. Looking for properties to rent nearby, Jackson stumbles across the […]

Marina Dora Martino2023-06-21T12:22:39+02:00April 6th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal Book Reviews|

The Zalthagor Box by Terrie Schultz

The supernatural and the uncanny are at the heart of Terrie Schultz’s The Zalthagor Box, a fun and chilling middle-grade read that will appeal to adults as well as young readers.

Not yet 14, Evelyn discovers she has a rare power: she can see things before they happen. So far it has been more of a curse than a gift, as not only does her mother not believe her, but she’s bullied by everyone at school. When her great-aunt Lillian passes away unmarried and childless, Evelyn and her family travel down to Virginia to settle Lillian’s affairs. While learning […]

Marina Dora Martino2022-12-13T13:55:53+02:00December 12th, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Middle Grade Fiction Book Reviews, Paranormal Book Reviews|

Review: Birch: A Witch Tree by Jennifer Hotes

An introspective, supernatural narrative about coping with grief and loss, Jennifer Hotes’ Birch: A Witch Tree is the dramatic first title in a planned series about helping suspected witches achieve salvation after death.

Megan Ann Davenport is an up-and-coming painter living in Seattle, right on the brink of huge success and recognition for her prodigious talents. Not everything in her life is great, however: Megan left home at age seventeen to escape her conservative family, who don’t know that she’s a lesbian with a girlfriend named Charlie. When Megan’s preacher father unexpectedly dies of a heart attack, she’ll finally have […]

Michelle Hogmire2022-04-01T04:39:52+02:00March 9th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: LGBTQI+ Book Reviews, Paranormal Book Reviews|