12 must-read mystery books like Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

Cover of Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

Devil's Day

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the she…

If you liked the mystery plot in Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Green Man by Kingsley Amis

1. The Green Man

By: Kingsley Amis

3.54

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A ghost story for adults. Like all good coaching inns, the Green Man is said to boast a resident g… read more

Similar categories in Kingsley Amis's The Green Man book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • fiction
  • horror
"There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed."

-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man

"Nothing short of physical handicap has ever made anybody turn over a new leaf."

-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man

"I am too old a hand to be put off pleasure by even the certain prospect of not enjoying it."

-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man

"The trouble with the hypochondriac is that he will be wrong about his condition nine hundred and ninety-nine times."

-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man

Cover of Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

2. Wylding Hall

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.80

Format: 176 pages, ebook

When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their u… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's Wylding Hall book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"But mostly I'm just respectful of old ways. I believe things for a reason, and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don't understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors…"

-Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall

Cover of Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. James

3. Collected Ghost Stories

By: M.R. James

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more

Similar categories in M.R. James's Collected Ghost Stories book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

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4. Harvest Home

By: Thomas Tryon

3.82

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Tryon's Harvest Home book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."

-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home

Cover of Hekla's Children by James Brogden

5. Hekla's Children

By: James Brogden

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A decade ago, teacher Nathan Brookes saw four of his students walk up a hill and vanish. Only one r… read more

Similar categories in James Brogden's Hekla's Children book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. The Man in the Picture

By: Susan Hill

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary ghost story from a modern master, published just in time for Halloween. In the apa… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Man in the Picture book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

7. Devil's Day

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the she… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary

8. Dark Matter

By: Michelle Paver

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poo… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Dark Matter book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

Cover of All the Fiends of Hell by Adam L.G. Nevill

9. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. 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 Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

11. Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Christ on a Bike by Orla Owen

12. Christ on a Bike

By: Orla Owen

3.89

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Cerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must… read more

Similar categories in Orla Owen's Christ on a Bike book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins

13. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

By: Bridget Collins

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Spirit Engineer by A.J.  West

14. The Spirit Engineer

By: A.J. West

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with sp… read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Spirit Engineer book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"Death is a beginning."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"It is a brave thing to die."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"If ghosts are real, death is not."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"A mystery is only a fact in disguise"

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

Cover of The Creeper by A.M. Shine

15. The Creeper

By: A.M. Shine

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Superstitions only survive if people believe in them... Renowned academic Dr Sparling seeks help… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Creeper book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi

16. 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 Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Pine by Francine Toon

17. Pine

By: Francine Toon

3.38

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

They are driving home from the search party when they see her. The trees are coarse and tall in… read more

Similar categories in Francine Toon's Pine book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
"...she can’t shake the discomfort of last night. It has seeped into the daylight."

-Francine Toon, Pine

Cover of The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror by David T. Neal

18. The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror

By: David T. Neal

3.75

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror is a collection of nine short stories that h… read more

Similar categories in David T. Neal's The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona  Barnett

19. The Dark Between the Trees

By: Fiona Barnett

3.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1643: A small group of Parliamentarian soldiers are ambushed in an isolated part of Northern Englan… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barnett's The Dark Between the Trees book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Witch Bottle by Tom Fletcher

20. Witch Bottle

By: Tom Fletcher

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

A deeply atmospheric literary horror novel about the nature of repressed guilt, grief and fear. … read more

Similar categories in Tom Fletcher's Witch Bottle book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • gothic
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Wivenhoe by Samuel Fisher

21. Wivenhoe

By: Samuel Fisher

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Never thought he would miss the mud: the gleaming, slickness of it. The slap and suck at the turnin… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Fisher's Wivenhoe book and Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It was a time in her life when she would seek out mirrors whenever she cried, finding comfort in being a witness to her own grief. A time from which every memory has a strange timeless lucidity."

-Samuel Fisher, Wivenhoe

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Kingsley Amis

3.54

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Elizabeth Hand

3.80

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Collected Ghost Stories

M.R. James

4.14

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Harvest Home

Thomas Tryon

3.82

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James A. Moore , Jeff Strand

3.69

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Seed

Ania Ahlborn

4.25

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Adam L.G. Nevill

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T.J. Payne

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