31 Top horror books like Crime Scene by Cynthia Pelayo

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Crime Scene

By: Cynthia Pelayo

4.39

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Cynthia Pelayo sings a song for the least of us, the victim we want to forget as soon as possible, …

If you liked the horror plot in Crime Scene by Cynthia Pelayo , here is a list of 31 books like this:

Cover of Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones

1. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

2. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's This Is Where We Talk Things Out book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. 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 Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"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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4. We Can Never Leave This Place

By: Eric LaRocca

3.52

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

"When you're given a gift, something else gets taken away." A precocious young girl with an unus… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"We can never leave this place," my mother told her. "It would hurt too much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"We can never leaves this places," my mother told her. "It would hurt to much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"How could you do this to me?' the creature asked. And the blind man said, 'I wanted to be the only one to hurry you."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"I watched as blood swirled down my naked body in dark ribbons—tiny threads that had forever come undone from me and were sent to freedom."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

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5. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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6. Piñata

By: Leopoldo Gout

3.67

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist… read more

Similar categories in Leopoldo Gout's Piñata book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Crossroads

By: Laurel Hightower

3.91

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris's son dies in a tragic car cras… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Crossroads book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain..."

-Laurel Hightower, Crossroads

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8. Bad Dolls

By: Rachel Harrison

3.73

Format: 132 pages, ebook

In this stunning new collection of four horror stories, award-winning author Rachel Harrison explor… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Bad Dolls book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

9. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • crime
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Bloom

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Bloom book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Sister, Maiden, Monster

By: Lucy A. Snyder

3.58

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transfo… read more

Similar categories in Lucy A. Snyder's Sister, Maiden, Monster book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. White Horse

By: Erika T. Wurth

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face … read more

Similar categories in Erika T. Wurth's White Horse book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Daphne

By: Josh Malerman

3.40

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The last summer with her high sc… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Daphne book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca

14. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

By: Eric LaRocca

3.59

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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16. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

Similar categories in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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17. All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology

By: Circe Moskowitz

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, … read more

Similar categories in Circe Moskowitz's All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Eynhallow

By: Tim McGregor

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Eynhallow book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Below

By: Laurel Hightower

3.70

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO HELP A STRANGER? While driving through the mountains of West Virginia du… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Below book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. The Haunting of Alejandra

By: V. Castro

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

Cover of Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger

21. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

By: Lisa Kröger

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Fr… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Kröger's Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • horror
"What do queer activism and vampires have in common? Turns out, a lot."

-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

"Perhaps the weirdest tale is how we’ve managed to forget the women who created such amazing stories."

-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

"Haunted house fictions play upon the complex fears and concerns about domestic issues that women have long grappled with."

-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

"There seems to be an unspoken assumption that women aren't interested in horror and speculative fiction, despite ample evidence to the contrary."

-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Cover of Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger

22. Anybody Home?

By: Michael J. Seidlinger

3.17

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

What came first, the home or the desire to invade? A seasoned invader with multiple home invasi… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Seidlinger's Anybody Home? book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • crime
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

23. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • crime
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Curse of the Reaper by Brian  McAuley

24. Curse of the Reaper

By: Brian McAuley

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets The Shining in this page-turning horror tale about an aging actor haunted by the slash… read more

Similar categories in Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor

25. Wasps in the Ice Cream

By: Tim McGregor

4.10

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you fall for the girl everyone hates? Summer 1987: Mark Prewitt's only priorit… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Wasps in the Ice Cream book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Cranberry Cove

By: Hailey Piper

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Something unspeakable is happening at Cranberry Cove. For decades, the chilling mystery within t… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's Cranberry Cove book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Crime Scene by Cynthia Pelayo

28. Crime Scene

By: Cynthia Pelayo

4.39

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Cynthia Pelayo sings a song for the least of us, the victim we want to forget as soon as possible, … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • poetry
  • true crime
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • crime
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29. Girls From the County

By: Donna Lynch

4.41

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

This book is merely a record of dark events, the kind that you can sometimes move on from, yet can’… read more

Similar categories in Donna Lynch's Girls From the County book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • poetry
  • horror
Cover of Flowers from the Void by Gianni Washington

30. Flowers from the Void

By: Gianni Washington

3.79

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Addictively strange and disturbing, Flowers From the Void is a collection of delectably uncanny tal… read more

Similar categories in Gianni Washington's Flowers from the Void book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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31. Amelia

By: A.W. Rene

3.54

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

Elbowing elderly women in the face during a ham sale should have alerted the residents that somethi… read more

Similar categories in A.W. Rene's Amelia book and Cynthia Pelayo's Crime Scene

  • fiction
  • horror

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Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

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This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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We Can Never Leave This Place

Eric LaRocca

3.52

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This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

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Jon Athan

3.95

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L.M. Kaplin

3.96

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Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

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