Books like 'Een Wurgende Omhelzing'
Readers who enjoyed Een Wurgende Omhelzing by Richie Tankersley Cusick also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
horror mystery suspense high-school children gothic
-
![The Works of Edgar Allen [sic] Poe: Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/624007b7a911d2c3cdd20444.jpg)
The Works of Edgar Allen [sic] Poe: Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsP. F Collier & Son published a five volume collection of Poe's work in hardback in 1903. This is volume 1, with a frontspiece in color from a painting by Arthur E. Becher.contains:Edgar Allan Poe, An Appreciation, by W.H.R.Life of Poe, by James Russell LowellDeath of Poe, by N. P... -
![The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery... -
![The Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Volume 4 by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Volume 4 by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContents:The Devil in the BelfryLionizingX-ing a ParagraphMetzengersteinThe System of Doctor Tarr and Professor FetherHow to Write a Blackwood ArticleA PredicamentMystificationDIddlingThe Angel of the OddMellonta TautaThe Duc de L'omeletteThe Oblong BoxLoss of BreathThe Man that was Used UpThe Business ManThe Landscape GardenMaelzel's Chess PlayerThe power of WordsThe Colloquy of Monos and... -
![The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights by Roald Dahl]()
The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights by Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since his stories first appeared, people have been telling and re-telling each other Roald Dahl's sometimes shocking and always brilliant and bizarre assortment of terror-tinted gems. Bawdy, funny, touching, and downright outrageous, there's simply no one else like Roald Dahl.This volume is a diabolical collection of 28 of Dahl's best stories... -
-
![The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons by Laura Gallier]()
The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons by Laura Gallier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOwen was a normal high school student with a great life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, played on the football team, and was surrounded by a group of great friends. That is, until he found a well on some abandoned land, and a man who offered him a drink of water that changed his life forever... -
![Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss]()
Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before... -
![Is She for Real? by P.J. Night]()
Is She for Real? by P.J. Night
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsP.J. Night's latest installment in the spooky and spectacular Creepover series for middle-grade girls is a level 5 on the Creep-o-Meter.In Is She For Real?, Bethany has just moved to Old Warwick, a quaint old town that is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Warwick. Lady Warwick lived centuries ago and died of a broken heart…but her grave was found empty shortly after her death... -
![The Demon Dentist / Who Stole The Zoo? by James Lee]()
The Demon Dentist / Who Stole The Zoo? by James Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSTORY #1: After Yi Shuo and his friends visit the school dentist, strange voices come out of their mouths. What has the mysterious Dr Dredd, THE DEMON DENTIST, done to them? STORY #2: When Nicholas Liao goes to the zoo, he discovers that all the animals have vanished and an evil phantom has taken over... -
![My Creepy Computer / There's a Ghost in My Phone! by James Lee]()
My Creepy Computer / There's a Ghost in My Phone! by James Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTurn off your lights, get ready for frights! When the clock strikes midnight and the moon's full and bright, it's time for dread and fear. For Midnight is here. Double the danger and twice the terror! STORY #1: Ashraf's computer does all his homework for him. But then the strange creature inside it wants to control him... -
![The Phantom of the Opera by Diane Namm, Gaston Leroux]()
The Phantom of the Opera by Diane Namm, Gaston Leroux
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe lights dim at the Paris Opera House. The exquisite Christine Daaé enraptures the audience with her mellifluous voice. Immediately, Raoul de Chagny falls deeply in love. But the legend of the disfigured "opera ghost" haunts the performance, and as Raoul begins his pursuit of Christine, he is pulled into the depths of the opera house, and into the depths of human emotions... -
![The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler]()
The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLet Sleeping Ghosts LieTwelve years ago Kate's family left the Westbrook estate on a stormy night, just after young Ashley Westbrook drowned in an icy pond. Now kate, alone in the world, has returned to the estate to tutor another spoiled Westbrook child, Patrick. The seven-year-old says he talks to Ashley by the pond. He does dangerous, deadly things because, he says, "Ashley dared me to... -
![Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman]()
Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNarrated by Neil Gaiman."Click-Clack the Rattlebag" is your Halloween treat from Neil Gaiman and Audible, free through October 31. It's not available anywhere else, and for a limited time, each download from Audible benefits educational charities at DonorsChoose.org... -
![Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney]()
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists returns…with a family reunion that leads to murder.After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in Nana’s crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours... -
![In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe and Essays by Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Laura Lippman, Lisa Scottoline, and Thirteen Others by Michael Connelly]()
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe and Essays by Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Laura Lippman, Lisa Scottoline, and Thirteen Others by Michael Connelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“A wonderful treat for the Poe connoisseur, or a perfect introduction to his works.”—Charlotte Observer In the Shadow of the Master is an exceptional collection of classic stories from the lord of literary darkness himself—the inimitable Edgar Allan Poe—accompanied by enthralling essays from twenty of his bestselling acolytes and admirers... -
-
![Unrest by Michelle Harrison]()
Unrest by Michelle Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Elliott hasn’t slept properly for months. Ever since the accident that nearly killed him, a shadowy figure has made its presence felt – a figure only he can see. Elliott is convinced his near death experience has enabled him to contact the dead... -
![The Dark Secret of Weatherend by John Bellairs]()
The Dark Secret of Weatherend by John Bellairs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Anthony Monday stumbles upon the diary of J.K. Borkman, he thinks he's unearthed a worthless piece of junk. But Borkman's mysterious writings turn out to be much more--plans to turn the world into an icy wasteland. By the time ghastly weather sets in and Anthony realizes it's Borkman's fanatical son who is bent on carrying out his father's horrific work, it may be too late to stop him... -
![Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates]()
Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience... -
![House Of Mirrors by Ben Cheetham]()
House Of Mirrors by Ben Cheetham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou know, don’t you, that it’s not my soul the Devil wants, it’s yours?Two years ago the Piper family fled Fenton House after their dream of a new life turned into an unspeakable nightmare. The house has stood empty ever since, given a wide berth by everyone except ghost hunters and occult fanatics.Now something is trying to lure the Pipers back to Fenton House... -
![Classics of the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier]()
Classics of the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis sumptuous volume celebrates the 80th birthday of one of the best-known and most-loved storytellers in the English language today, Daphne du Maurier.Here are six masterpieces of the imagination, illustrated in glowing color by prize-winning artist, Michael Foreman... -
![Husk by J. Kent Messum]()
Husk by J. Kent Messum
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom award-winning author J. Kent Messum, a serial killer thriller for fans of The Straw Men and The Shining Girls.LIFE GOES ONFor a lucky few, death is merely an inconvenience. With the help of technology the mind can survive long after a body has been laid to rest. This afterlife, however, is far from paradise...MAKING A LIVINGRhodes is a 'Husk'... -
![Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill, Chris Riddell]()
Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill, Chris Riddell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail...If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies.. -
![Light Up the Dark by Suki Fleet]()
Light Up the Dark by Suki Fleet
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor two years Nicky has wandered the dark empty corridors of the overgrown Thorn Hall, unseen and untouched, feeling like a ghost. His only company, the cold man who promised to keep him safe from harm, Lance. But when Lance dies, Nicky’s assurance of safety disintegrates and his world suddenly becomes a lot more real and a lot more dangerous. Scared to leave the house, Nicky longs for daylight... -
![The Well by Peter Labrow]()
The Well by Peter Labrow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped. Missing. Cursed. Fourteen-year-old Becca Richards and her stepbrother have fallen to the bottom of an ancient well. Their parents are away; they won't be missed for days. The predatory man who had been stalking Becca now switches his attentions to her best friend. Two women who know where Becca is trapped are desperate that she should never escape... -
![The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1889 Original Publisher: W... -
-
![Spellbinders in Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Bloch]()
Spellbinders in Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTable of contents:"The Chinese Puzzle Box" by Agatha Christie"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell"The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier"Puzzle For Poppy" by Patrick Quentin"Eyewitness" by Robert Arthur"Man From The South" by Roald Dahl"Black Magic" by Sax Rohmer"Treasure Trove" by F... -
![The House Beneath the Oak Trees by Faye Belle]()
The House Beneath the Oak Trees by Faye Belle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenny couldn’t believe her luck when they first arrived at Oak Tree House, the grand country estate where she would be spending the week to celebrate her sister’s 30th birthday along with her mum and aunt. Guarded by two gigantic oak trees, the empty house stands alone within Oakdene, a quiet and desolate village... -
![Teru Teru Bozu by Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie]()
Teru Teru Bozu by Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKamu pernah mendengar tentang teru teru bozu?Atau kamu menggantung satu boneka itu di depan jendela kamarmu? Tentunya kamu tahu untuk apa benda itu ada di sana. Namun aku yakin, kamu tidak pernah menyangka cerita mengerikan apa yang bisa teru teru bozu hamparkandi hadapanmu. Kamu mungkin akan terkesiap ketika tahu teru-teru bozu di sekolahku punya kisah yang berbeda... -
![The Burning by R.L. Stine]()
The Burning by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe end…and the beginningSimon Fear thought changing his name would stop the evil. He was wrong—dead wrong.After generations of unspeakable horror, it is up to Daniel and Nora, brought together by their fateful love, to unite the feuding families... -
![The Secret by R.L. Stine]()
The Secret by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBuried EvilWhat is the secret of Fear Street?Why has its horror lasted so long?Ezra Fier wants to find out. He searches for the answer among the rotting bones in the ghostly town of Wickham. But he find only betrayal and death.Elizabeth and Kate are in love with the same boy... -
![Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace]()
Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmily Luccock is looking forward to living at Sugar Hill Hall...She remembers her aunt and uncle's grand old mansion well. But this time things are different. Her aunt's once bright and lively home is now dead with silence. Evil lurks in every corner and the dark, shadowed walls watch and whisper late at night. Emily is desperate to uncover the truth about what is happening at Sugar Hill Hall... -
![ভেন্ট্রিলোকুইস্ট by মাশুদুল হক]()
ভেন্ট্রিলোকুইস্ট by মাশুদুল হক
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsবিয়ের অনুষ্ঠানে অনেকদিন পর দেখা হয়ে যায় পুরনো বন্ধুদের, দুই বন্ধু--নৃতাত্ত্বিক মারুফ এবং পত্রিকার ফিচার এডিটর রুমি কথা প্রসঙ্গে জানতে পারে তাদেরই আরেক বন্ধু পেশা হিসেবে বেছে নিয়েছে ভেন্ট্রিলোকুইজম। কৌতুহলী হয়ে সেটার কারণ অনুসন্ধান করতে গিয়ে ওরা জড়িয়ে পড়ে দারুণ রহস্যময় এক অনুসন্ধানে, বেরিয়ে আসে ভয়ঙ্কর আর শিউরে ওঠার মত সব সত্য, সাধারণ মানুষকে কখনই জানতে দেয়া হয় না এমন সব... -
![The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy]()
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating, but sinister brothers... -
![The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein]()
The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter narrowly escaping a malevolent spirit in The Crossroads, Zack and Judy are hoping to relax during the rehearsals for a show based on Judy's bestselling children's books. Little do they know that the director is planning to raise a horde of evil specters from the dead, and to accomplish this, he needs a human sacrifice... -
![The Children of Fear by R.L. Stine]()
The Children of Fear by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLuke hates listening to the townspeople talk about his sister, Leah. They call her evil, and say she has unnatural powers. Leah does have the strange talent of being able to communicate with animals. But Luke is sure Leah would never use her gift for evil—until their parents’ horrible accident... -
-
![Small Horrors: A Collection of Fifty Creepy Stories by Darcy Coates]()
Small Horrors: A Collection of Fifty Creepy Stories by Darcy Coates
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething mimics human voices as it lures you into the woods. One of the morgue's corpses is missing. Your friend wants to meet late at night, but they're not acting like themselves. Immerse yourself in the macabre, the gothic, and the chilling with this collection of fifty short stories... -
![Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace, Greg Call]()
Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace, Greg Call
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA CURSED TREASURE! Everybody thinks Gary's grampa died in a fishing accident. But from a note Grampa left, Gary suspects he was murdered. The note tells of a million dollars in gold hidden in a cave and an old Indian curse promising that anyone who touches it will die! Gary and his friend Brian are sure that if they find the gold, they will also find Grampa's killer...Categorized as:
children suspense action-adventure book children-books fiction horror law-enforcement -
![যকের ধন by হেমেন্দ্র কুমার রায়, Hemendra Kumar Roy]()
যকের ধন by হেমেন্দ্র কুমার রায়, Hemendra Kumar Roy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsঠাকুরদাদা মারা গেলে পর, তাঁর লোহার সিন্দুকে অন্যান্য জিনিসের সাথে পাওয়া গেল এক বাক্স। সেই বাক্সের ভেতর পাওয়া গেল শুধু একটি পুরনো পকেট-বুক আর.. -
![Darkwater by Dorothy Eden]()
Darkwater by Dorothy Eden
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA tale of love and peril in a haunted old English mansion. Fanny knew then that Adam felt as she did about the strange events at Darkwater. Even before the sudden death of the old Chinese amah, she had sensed a chill of menace in the atmosphere. Now there was real peril in the mists and fogs that beshrouded the ancient English estate. There was danger.. -
![The Curse of the Creeping Coffin by R.L. Stine]()
The Curse of the Creeping Coffin by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGoosebumps fans will return to this adventure time and again to choose among the 20 spooky outcomes... -
![Secret, Silent Screams by Joan Lowery Nixon]()
Secret, Silent Screams by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs Barry's death the latest tragedy in a string of suicides at Farrington Park High School? Or is it murder? Marti is sure her friend Barry didn't take his own life, but no one will believe her except Police Officer Prescott. But opening an investigation takes time, and Marti is determined to find her friend's killer soon. Because even now he could be planning his next crime... -
![Nothing Hidden Ever Stays by H.R. Mason]()
Nothing Hidden Ever Stays by H.R. Mason
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA two-hundred-year-old curse. A tangled thread of mental illness. A growing list of Ross family women dying young. The house where it all began, Desolate Ridge, holds all the secrets.Abandoned at a hospital when she was only three years old, Aubrey Ross grew up as a ward of the state, passed from one foster family to the next... -
![The Class Pet from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler]()
The Class Pet from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new title in the bestselling Black Lagoon series--with an eye-catching new look for Trade!It's another scary day at the Black Lagoon. . . .Mrs. Green tells her students that they're going to have a class pet! Hubie's imagination goes wild. Will the new class pet have fangs, horns, or headlights? Will it be vicious? Who knows what kind of monster Mrs... -
![Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe by Ellen Datlow, Gregory Nassif St. John]()
Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe by Ellen Datlow, Gregory Nassif St. John
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, this anthology celebrates the depth and diversity of one of the most important figures in literature. Compiled by multi-award winning editor Ellen Datlow, it presents some of the foremost talents of the genre, who have come together to reimagine tales inspired by Poe.Sharyn McCrumb, Lucius Shepard, Pat Cadigan, M... -
![So Pretty by Ronnie Turner]()
So Pretty by Ronnie Turner
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe arrival of a young man in a small town sparks, hoping to leave his past behind him, but everything changes when he takes a job in a peculiar old shop, and meets a lonely single mother... A hypnotic gothic thriller and a mesmerising study of identity and obsession.When Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he will be able to settle down and leave his past behind him... -
-
![Vantage Point by Sara Sligar]()
Vantage Point by Sara Sligar
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSuccession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive Gothic suspense novel about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families.The old-money Wieland family has it all—wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed. Clara and her brother Teddy grew up on a small island in Maine in the shadow of their parents’ tragic deaths, haunted by rumors and paparazzi... -
![The Mailman by Bentley Little]()
The Mailman by Bentley Little
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's the first day of summer in a small American town. We meet a school teacher, his wife, and their young son, Billy. One thing, one seemingly minor thing, goes wrong. And all that was safe and ordinary slowly unravels into nightmare. This familiar premise for the contemporary horror novel has rarely, if ever, been developed so brilliantly as in Bentley Little's The Mailman... -
![The Graduation by Christopher Pike]()
The Graduation by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was his last chance to find the answer. The last day of school had finally arrived, six months after the homecoming dance and the ruin of a princess, and nine months after the big party and the death of an angel. It is to be a busy day; there is the graduation ceremony in the afternoon in the football stadium, and then the senior all-night party aboard a cruise ship heading to Catalina... -
![Wyndclyffe by Joe Hart]()
Wyndclyffe by Joe Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mysteries of a remote estate lead a young woman down a twisted path in this gripping gothic thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author of Or Else. After a car accident took the lives of both her parents, Mira Caine's transition to adulthood was hard and fast... -
![The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, & The Warden by Madeleine Roux]()
The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, & The Warden by Madeleine Roux
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree chilling novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling novel Asylum, which Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut." For the first time, these three terrifying stories will appear together with new found photographs perfect for new readers or diehard series fans looking for new clues and insights into the thrilling world of Asylum... -
![The Second Horror by R.L. Stine]()
The Second Horror by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second volume in an all-new Fear Street trilogy. Brandt thinks moving to Shadyside is great, but he hasn't heard the terrifying stories about his new home--99 Fear Street. He doesn't know about the headless bodies or bleeding walls. And he doesn't know that Cally Frasier still haunts the house and plans gruesome deaths for him and everyone close to him...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
