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Horror book suggestions

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Sparklypants · 05/07/2014 00:00

I've just finished The voices by f. R. Tallis. It was a bit meh....it had a few good chills but to be honest it just didn't deliver the goods Sad

Does anyone out there in MN world have any suggestions? Ideally I want a book(s) that is going to scare the living bejesus out of me :-)

Please and thank you

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Sparklypants · 05/07/2014 00:04

Sorry about the please and thank you thing, I was having a Miranda Hart moment.....

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agirlcalledsandoz · 06/07/2014 13:07

Ania Ahlborn ? She has written 4 books, all reasonable on Kindle and v v scary. I'd start with Seed, her first one. It's great ! Also Adam Neville is good.

Brian Keene ? All good but he has written a zombie trilogy that I loved

agirlcalledsandoz · 06/07/2014 13:08

Richard Laymon excellent too. Can you tell I love horror GrinGrin

LordEmsworth · 06/07/2014 13:08

Jonathan Aycliffe is great, very scary...

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Sparklypants · 06/07/2014 19:29

Thanks, some great suggestions Smile

I'm now going to look online to see if I can get any of them. I have a nook rather than a kindle but I'm sure I'll be able to find them on the Barnes and Nobel site.

Agirlcalledsandoz, i read some Richard laymon a few years ago and really enjoyed them but for some reason I completely forgot about him :-/

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hollycomputer · 06/07/2014 20:01

Second the Jonathan Aycliffe suggestion. Just don't bother with his latest, Silence of Ghosts, as it's not nearly as good as his older novels. I'd start with Naomi's Room.

khuliloach · 07/07/2014 17:55

Naomi's Room was very creepy!

agirlcalledsandoz · 07/07/2014 20:52

He's great but I've read them all now Hmm

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Sparklypants · 08/07/2014 18:08

I got Naomi's room and heart shaped box by Joe Hill (SKs son) :-) I'm going to start with Naomi's room tonight.

I'd love anymore suggestions as I tend to get through 8-9 books a month!

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agirlcalledsandoz · 08/07/2014 19:00

NOS4R2 by Joe King is excellent - his best

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Sparklypants · 08/07/2014 20:27

Yeah I've heard of that. Will definitely give it a go.

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Hairylegs47 · 08/07/2014 20:30

Pretty much anything by Dean Koontz. Too many to name - but I love them. My teenagers do too.

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Sparklypants · 09/07/2014 11:42

I've always loved dean koontz. I think he's got a new one coming out soon :-)

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burgatroyd · 09/07/2014 20:54

OK. I love horror and the scariest book I have read is The Absence by Bill Hussey. It makes me feel I'll recounting that tale.

Also Seed Ania Ahlborn.

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Sparklypants · 09/07/2014 21:47

Ooohhh, I'll look for the absence :-) I may never sleep again but that's ok, apparently sleep's for wimps (and people with no kids).

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burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:50

Feel ill I meant! Please do get the absence. Folks rate Through a glass darkly, by Hussey but it was the absense that left me troubled. It was just so, real and surreal at the same time.

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:52

darkwolfsfantasyreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/absence-by-bill-hussey.html

Synopsis and review of absense

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:52

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burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:57

Just remembered the supernatural series by Stephen Leather, with detective Joe nightingale. It wasn't scary exactly but engrossing. You must read them in order though.www.amazon.co.uk/NIGHTFALL-Jack-Nightingale-Supernatural-Thriller/dp/1444700642

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:57

And

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:57

Damn

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 03:59

Sorry, don't know why tablets doing this! Lastly I suggest Joe Hill, Stephen Kings son. Again not scary like The Absence but engrossing. I loved Heart Shaped Box

burgatroyd · 10/07/2014 04:00

www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/books/08masl.html?_r=0

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