horror + mystery

7 books tagged both “horror” and “mystery”.

Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak · 2022

Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.

2,332-word summary · 10 min read

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the chilling Doyles and…

2,523-word summary · 11 min read

The Green Mile

Stephen King · 1996

Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

2,549-word summary · 11 min read

The Outsider

Stephen King · 2018

Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

2,586-word summary · 11 min read

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886

A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.

2,286-word summary · 10 min read