Darcy Coates
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
DON'T WALK ALONE, OR THE STITCHER WILL FIND YOU. Abby Ward lives in a town haunted by disappearances. People vanish, and when they're found, their bodies have been dismembered and sewn back together in unnatural ways. But is it the work of a human killer…or something far darker? DON'T STAY OUT LATE, OR THE STITCHER WILL TAKE YOU. She and her younger sister live by a strict set of rules designed to keep them safe―which is why it's such a shock...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run. When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced...
3) Gallows Hill
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations, living and working on the beautiful grounds where they grow their famous grapes. However, there's something at play on the property, and the locals whisper that the site of the old prison yard, located on what is now winery property, is cursed. Margot, daughter of the winery owners, has not seen her childhood home in years, but when Margot's parents die unexpectedly, she inherits...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
There's something wrong with Ashburn House ... The ancient building has been the subject of rumours for close to a century. Its owner, Edith, refused to let guests inside and rarely visited the nearby town. Following Edith's death, her sole surviving relative, Adrienne, inherits the property. Adrienne's only possessions are a suitcase of luggage, twenty dollars, and her pet cat. Ashburn House is a lifeline she can't afford to refuse. Adrienne doesn't...
5) From below
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"The SS Arcadia vanished during a routine voyage. A strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, but no trace of the ship, or of its crew, could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course. A small team are granted permission to dive to it. Their purpose is straightforward: explore the wreck, film everything, and, if possible, uncover how and why the supposedly unsinkable...
6) Craven manor
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Daniel is desperate for a fresh start at life, so when someone slides a note under his door offering him the groundskeeper's position at an old estate, it seems too good to be true. Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The mansion's front door hangs open, and leaves and cobwebs coat the marble foyer. It's clear no one has lived there in a long time...but he has nowhere else to go. Against his better judgment, he moves into the...
Author
Series
Gravekeeper novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"When Keira woke in a strange forest, she remembered only two things: she can see ghosts, and frightening, mask-wearing men were hunting her. She thought she would be forever haunted, but now, with the help of unexpected new allies, she's coming into her own. Yet the dead still whisper to Keira at night, and soon she'll be faced with an insatiable darkness-a powerful ghost fueled by rage and a dreadful, dangerous hunger that can never be quenched"--...
Author
Series
Black winter series volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Beware The Stillness... She can't stop running. If she stops, they'll find her. If she stops, they'll kill her. If she stops...it's all over. Clare knows she was running from something-she just can't remember what. When she wakes, aching and injured, in a stranger's gothic nightmare of a home, she can't help but feel something is after her. She's desperate to keep going, but a vicious snowstorm has blanketed the world in white, and there's nothing...
Author
Series
Black winter series volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Clare and Dorran may have survived the city, but their relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and rapidly worsening. Clare fears the only way to save him might lie in the mysterious Evandale research station, supposedly one of the few remaining human refuges. But the station is three days' journey, and Clare isn't certain that their small group can endure that long. Because they not only need to survive the hollows... but survive each other. The...
Author
Series
Black winter series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Winterbourne Hall is not safe. Clare and Dorran scramble to secure the ancient building in an effort to protect themselves from the ravenous hollow ones, but that isn't their only concern. Somewhere far away, Beth is alive, but she's trapped, and her oxygen is running out. Hundreds of kilometers separate Clare from her sister. The land between them is infested with monsters, and the roads are a maze of dead ends. She knows she can't survive the trip...
Author
Series
Black winter series volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, and pushes the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran set their sights back on Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital. Humanity needs more refuges-safe areas where food can be grown without attracting the attention of the hollow ones. Winterbourne promises to provide that. But their home is no longer...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
From USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes a haunting story of dread and a lingering poison inside Gillespie House
Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive from the nearest town, the aging mansion is ideal for someone seeking solitude. But as she explores her new home, Elle makes a startling discovery: there's a graveyard nestled deep in the woods, containing...
13) The Carrow haunt
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted building. When she's asked to host guests for a week-long stay, she hopes to finally experience some of the sightings that made the house famous. At first, it's everything they hoped for. Then a storm moves in, cutting off their contact with the outside world, and things quickly become twisted. But it isn't until one of the guests dies under strange circumstances that Remy is forced to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Josephine lives next door to a haunted house. She began to suspect something was wrong with the old gothic building when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back. No family stays at Marwick House long. Animals avoid the place. Once, Josephine swore she saw a woman's silhouette pacing through the upstairs room... but that's impossible. No one had been there in a long, long time. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Mara is the daughter of spiritualists. Her childhood was filled with séances, scam mediums and talk of ghostly presences. When Mara finally left her familys home, she vowed she would never allow superstition or false religion into her life again. Now shes ready to start over with her fiancé, Neil, in a world based on rationality and facts. But her past isn't ready to let her go just yet.
16) The hollow dead
Author
Series
Gravekeeper novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"When Keira first woke alone in a strange forest, she remembered only two things: that she could speak with the dead, helping them move on from the mortal world, and that sinister mask-wearing men were hunting her. She had no idea what she'd done to earn their hatred or what dangerous secrets she may have uncovered. Until now. Peeling back layer upon layer of the mystery surrounding her origins, Keira has finally learned that the strange masked men...
17) Hunted
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Eileen has gone missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance. Eileen's brother Chris wants to believe she is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray further from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount,...
18) House of shadows
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Sophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. Marrying the mysterious Mr. Argenton may restore her family's fortunes and save them from scandal, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization. Still, she must do her duty. As time passes, Sophie struggles to adjust to her new position as mistress over the desolate house. Mr. Argenton's relatives are cold, and Mr....
19) Dead lake
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Sam is excited to spend a week at her uncle's remote lakeside cabin. It's a chance for her to focus on her art without distractions: no neighbors, no phone, and a small radio as her only contact with the outside world. But there's something deeply unnatural lingering in the lake. News reports talk about disappearances on a nearby hiking trail. The car won't start. And Sam starts to believe she's being stalked when she catches glimpses of a tall,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Leigh Harker is certain her house is haunted. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms outside her bedroom door at night, watching her...waiting for her to finally let down her guard and fall asleep. Despite appearances, despite all logic, Leigh knows she's no longer alone. Pushed to her limits but unwilling to abandon her beloved home, Leigh's determined to find answers. But the more she digs, the more she begins...