18 must-read mystery books like Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2) by Megan Shepherd

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Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

By: Megan Shepherd

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Book 2 in The Malice Compendium series by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, featuri…

If you liked the mystery plot in Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2) by Megan Shepherd , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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2. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Black River Orchard book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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3. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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4. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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5. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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6. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • thriller
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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7. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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8. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. Knock Knock, Open Wide

By: Neil Sharpson

3.99

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural … read more

Similar categories in Neil Sharpson's Knock Knock, Open Wide book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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11. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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12. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's The House of Last Resort book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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13. What Kind of Mother

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Bran… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's What Kind of Mother book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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14. Schrader's Chord

By: Scott Leeds

4.06

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Heart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader's Chord , Scott Leeds's chilling debu… read more

Similar categories in Scott Leeds's Schrader's Chord book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Also ..." He nodded to the lone restaurant surrounded by trees. "... that looks like the s-sort of place that has pie." "And hot coffee," Ana added, closing her eyes and purring. Raymond smiled. "May…"

-Scott Leeds, Schrader's Chord

Cover of Burn the Negative by Josh Winning

15. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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16. Let Him In

By: William Friend

3.36

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

William Friend’s haunting debut Let Him In is a creeping, gothic psychological suspense about a you… read more

Similar categories in William Friend's Let Him In book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"They say that grief numbs, but I still feel everything and mostly it hurts."

-William Friend, Let Him In

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17. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

18. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

By: Craig DiLouie

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2) by Megan Shepherd

19. Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

By: Megan Shepherd

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Book 2 in The Malice Compendium series by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, featuri… read more

Similar categories in Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2) book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Through the Midnight Door

By: Katrina Monroe

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

As emotional as it is haunting, Through the Midnight Door explores the sometimes-fragile bonds of s… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Monroe's Through the Midnight Door book and Megan Shepherd's Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy

20 Best fiction books like Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2) by Megan Shepherd

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Black River Orchard

Chuck Wendig

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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21 best-selling fiction books like Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

Transform Your Habits

The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

Transform Your Habits

Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay

3.45

Transform Your Habits

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

4.29

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