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A delightfully eerie, locked-room thriller where every shadow hides a trick and survival depends on seeing through the illusion. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC.
- claustrophobic
- eerie
- tense
- shadowy
- 01
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
Joan Lowery Nixon · 1979
A tense, claustrophobic thriller about the terrifying isolation of being a victim that nobody believes.
- 02
The Other Side of Dark
Joan Lowery Nixon · 1987
A tense, disorienting psychological thriller about waking up to a stolen adolescence and a killer waiting in the shadows.
- 03
A gift of magic
Lois Duncan · 1971
A quiet, nostalgic blend of family drama and psychic phenomena where the real challenge is not magic, but learning to let go.
- 04
The Egypt game
Zilpha Keatley Snyder · 1967
A captivating dive into the intense, secret world of childhood make-believe where imagination bleeds into real-world mystery.
- 05
Prom dress
Lael Littke
A deliciously retro descent into teenage vanity and supernatural terror, where the perfect outfit comes with a deadly price tag.
- 06
Master of murder
Christopher Pike
A deliciously paranoid nineties thriller where the line between a writer's dark imagination and deadly reality violently snaps.
- 07
Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan · 1974
A claustrophobic gothic mystery that wraps you in the suffocating dread of an isolated boarding school harboring dark, supernatural secrets.
- 08
Deadly little secret
Laurie Faria Stolarz
A suspenseful, angsty dive into the irresistible pull of a dangerous boy and the chilling reality of being watched.
- 09
Spellbound
Christopher Pike
A pulpy, nostalgic descent into teenage paranoia where high school drama collides with supernatural wilderness terror.
- 10
Arsenic For Tea
Robin Stevens
A delightfully sharp, Golden Age-style country house mystery where the greatest danger might just be growing up and seeing adults for who they really are.
- 11
Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey
A gritty, emotionally bruised noir where the real mystery is how to survive the resentment of being the ordinary sister in a magical world.
- 12
Mairelon the Magician
Patricia C. Wrede · 1991
A scrappy street thief's cynical world is turned upside down by the discovery of genuine magic and an unexpected apprenticeship.
