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I'll play your game, Bluesky. Come getcher horror books.

WOLF = action, monsters, daddy issues, heartbreak
NESTLINGS = slowburn, paranoia, NYC
MARY = unreliable narrator, ghosts, serial killers, cults
I KNOW A PLACE = short stories and novellas, intro by Stephen King

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From the publisher: Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary, returns with When the Wolf Comes Home, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. A USA Today bestseller! ABA Indie Bookseller bestseller! NPR Books We Love Best Horror of 2025— Men's Health, Vulture, IGN Editors' Pick—Page Six “Get your claws into this one, horror fiends. It's terrific. . . . Sink your teeth into a classic.”—Stephen King “A crazy-good, balls-to-the-wall horror novel . . . it’s full throttle from the first pages.” —Joe Hill “This is the kind of great, big, epic horror novel we got back in the '80s that came out swinging for the fences and left everything on the field. Welcome back, you shaggy, bloody monster of a book!” —Grady Hendrix One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality. And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared. From the publisher: Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building. Best Adult Books 2023—New York Public Library NPR Books We Love 2023 Best Horror of 2023—Esquire, Den of Geek Best Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)—Paste Ana and Reid needed a lucky break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That's about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear—affordable housing lottery. They've won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan's most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture. Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York—people are odd—but he can't explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby. From the publisher: Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark. Best Horror of 2022—Esquire, Paste Magazine, CrimeRead Harper's Bazaar 15 Best Books for Spooky Season The Lineup Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022 American Writers Museum—Staff Recommendation ONE OF THE TOP 100 HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME - Audible Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things. Fired from her job in New York, she moves back to her hometown, hoping to reconnect with her past and inner self. Instead, visions of terrifying, mutilated specters overwhelm her with increasing regularity and she begins auto-writing strange thoughts and phrases. Mary discovers that these experiences are echoes of an infamous serial killer. Then the killings begin again. Mary’s definitely going to find herself. From the publisher: ★ An instant USA Today Bestseller ★ Top 10 Books for May 2026 – Library Reads The first collection from USA Today bestselling author Nat Cassidy, featuring his unique blend of gleefully terrifying short fiction. "These stories are f*cking great. They rule. So read them." – Stephen King, from his introduction There are locations in this world where the light doesn’t seem to reach. Where, no matter how illuminated the place might be, shadows creep in too strongly to fight back. A suspiciously empty gas station rest stop in the middle of the night, littered with googley eyes… A doctor’s office, where a bottle of booze and a tear-stained folder wait on the desk… A tech millionaire’s haunted kitchen… A Bible-quoting ventriloquist’s dingy apartment… A yoga retreat in the middle of the desert, silent except for the screaming… These locations and more are your destination and bestselling author Nat Cassidy will be your guide. Featuring the Bram Stoker Award-nominated, critically acclaimed novella Rest Stop (one of Esquire’s Best Horror Books of 2024), along with a number of other original short stories, some which have never been published before, I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a travelogue down twisting side streets and through alleyways where the darkness has eyes… and teeth. Let’s hope you make it home in one piece.
November 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
partnersincrimevbt.com
Out now & giving me forensic‑thriller chills… SHADOWS OF FRENCHMEN by Michael Rigg throws Coroner Dr. Jonathan Gray into a hunt for a serial killer stalking New Orleans during Mardi Gras, leaving mutilated bodies, carved symbols & ciphers behind.
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September 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
amphoraepublishing.bsky.social
ICYMI: #Author #PaulLevine was featured on #TheBookshopPodcast discussing #MidnightBurning.
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#Thriller #HistoricalFiction #CrimeRead
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
janholmquist.bsky.social
I wrote this: Scandinavian Noir #crimeread | Read Watch Play http://j.mp/11GhiCK feat: @petermartindk #rwpchat
Scandinavian noir for #crimeread
Scandinavian crime fiction or Scandinavian noir is writte...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM
janholmquist.bsky.social
I can't participate in #rwpchat about #crimeread today. I am out committing a violent Scandinavian Noir crime - You'll read about it later!
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM
janholmquist.bsky.social
Remembered this one when I saw #darkread: Scandinavian noir for #crimeread | Read Watch Play https://readwatchplay.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/scandinavian-noir-for-crimeread/
Scandinavian noir for #crimeread
Scandinavian crime fiction or Scandinavian noir is writte...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:32 AM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale"
By: Kevin Boulandier on Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Drone video captures arrest of man charged with lewd and lascivious battery of 15-year-old in Sunny Isles Beach
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities have released drone video that captures the takedown of a man who is accused of a sexual crimeRead More
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August 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
billyboi100.bsky.social
I need a holiday read to take with me for my surprise 'Journee' I am going on at the end of the month...

Should I go away with:

'Death at the Yumbo Centre'

Or

'Hex and the City'

#MyNextRead📖 #BookVote #BookPoll #BookLover #BookWorm #CrimeRead #FantasyRead #WhatToRead #HelpMe #Journee
April 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
billyboi100.bsky.social
Up next, #TheThursdayMurderClub 🔪!

Anyone out there a fan of the book series? Need some comments or opinions on the first novel...

I've seen the film on #Netflix naturally 🙌🏻.

#MyNextRead📖 #RichardOsman #QuirkyCrime #LetsGo #CrimeRead #BookLover #BookWorm #ToughGuy #GameChangerSeries #RachelReid
April 18, 2026 at 10:25 AM
rbyrns.bsky.social
Writing a thriller set in the wintry Southern California mountains was so much fun to research. I live near them and often travel up to see the stars during meteor showers and other stargazing events.

But it’s the quiet, snowy landscape that captures my imagination. #thriller #crimeread
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
wsvn.bsky.social
Authorities have released drone video that captures the takedown of a man who is accused of a sexual crime involving a teenage girl.
Drone video captures arrest of man charged with lewd and lascivious battery of 15-year-old in Sunny Isles Beach - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities have released drone video that captures the takedown of a man who is accused of a sexual crimeRead More
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August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
paulkane.bsky.social
The perfect #holiday #crimeread #bestseller set at Golden Sands by the coast, #HerHusbandsGrave is currently almost half price! #whodunnit #murdermystery 🏖️

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July 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
partnersincrimevbt.com
Out now & giving me forensic‑thriller chills… SHADOWS OF FRENCHMEN by Michael Rigg throws Coroner Dr. Jonathan Gray into a hunt for a serial killer stalking New Orleans during Mardi Gras, leaving mutilated bodies, carved symbols & ciphers behind.
pictbooks.tours/XxwnOYsM

#CrimeRead #MustRead
May 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
clancyny.bsky.social
Entrapment, like so.

Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Entrapment
Entrapment is a practice in which a law enforcement agent or an agent of the state induces a person to commit a crimeRead more
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
shelbyreads.bsky.social
Currently reading If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Not sure how I feel about it yet, but still early on!

#BookSky 💙📚
#mysterythriller #currentlyreading
#crimeread
November 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM