Three Thrillers for this Spooky Season
It’s October, which means Spooky Season is upon us! Here are three killer thrillers to add to your TBR list… if you dare!
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
| Content warnings: suicidal ideation, alcoholism |
Everyone knows the trope of the final girl: she’s the one who survives the massacre, the one who escapes the violence (though often not unscathed). She’s often regarded as a hero. But what happens after all the book deals, movie franchise rights, and drawn curtains? Lynette Tarkington knows, and so does the rest of the AA-esque group of four other fellow final girls. But when one of their own misses a meeting, their nightmares come to life as they realize that someone knows their secret group exists — and this person will stop at nothing to ruin their lives. Of course, neither will our final girls.
The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson
| Content warnings: animal cruelty/death, child death, confinement, miscarriage, grief, drug use, vehicle accident, allusion to sexual assault |
Journalist Carloyn Marshall visits the small town of Raeford to investigate strange rumors of a horse giving birth to a human child. When she arrives, she realizes that the people are strangely kinder to the horses than to each other. However, the bodies of a horse and a human turn up one day and she realizes there is more to this town than its horse breeding fame. The townsfolk are apprehensive and guarded, and the women seem to be haunted by the past of the small town. Will Carolyn succumb to the madness before she uncovers the secrets the people of Raeford are hiding?
Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry
| Content warnings: death, kidnapping, violence, sexual assault, murder |
Celia wakes up in a house surrounded by family that isn’t hers. Allie and her boyfriend are invited to a cabin in the woods with ominous vibes. Maggie is being carted with twelve other women and forced to compete in a deadly obstacle course. In the words of the publisher: “Three women. Three stories. Only one way out…”
Tiva Frushour is a senior student at the University of Evansville in the Communications program. She enjoys writing and providing a voice for communities and small businesses.