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A witty, fog-drenched boarding school mystery that slowly peels back the veil to reveal a chilling paranormal thriller. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The name of the star.
- eerie
- fog-drenched
- cozy-yet-creepy
- atmospheric
- 01
Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson
A chilly, atmospheric puzzle-box of a mystery where true crime obsession meets eccentric boarding school secrets.
- 02
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious Book 2)
Maureen Johnson
A chilly, clever puzzle-box of a mystery where the ghosts of a 1930s tragedy bleed dangerously into the present.
- 03
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Kerri Maniscalco
A fog-drenched, blood-spattered romp through Victorian London that balances gruesome forensic science with swoony romantic banter.
- 04
The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud
A delightfully snarky, gaslit romp through a haunted London where the banter is as sharp as the rapiers used to fend off the dead.
- 05
Master of murder
Christopher Pike
A deliciously paranoid nineties thriller where the line between a writer's dark imagination and deadly reality violently snaps.
- 06
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.
- 07
Murder Most unladylike
Robin Stevens
A delightfully sharp, Golden Age-style whodunit that balances boarding school nostalgia with the very real complexities of growing up.
- 08
There's someone inside your house
Stephanie Perkins
A dread-soaked high school slasher where escalating terror forces dark secrets into the light.
- 09
The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud
A fog-drenched, witty descent into supernatural peril where the only thing sharper than the ghosts' claws is the banter.
- 10
A DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC
Joan Lowery Nixon · 1983
A delightfully eerie, locked-room thriller where every shadow hides a trick and survival depends on seeing through the illusion.
- 11
Eye of the crow
Shane Peacock
A gritty, fog-drenched descent into the shadows of Victorian London, where a brilliant but alienated mind first discovers its dark calling.
- 12
The stalker
Carol Ellis
A tense, nostalgic thrill ride where the thrill of being noticed curdles into the terror of being watched.
