Agent: Wendy Schmalz, Wendy Schmalz Agency. Poetic descriptions create an uncanny atmosphere, and nods to cozy bookstores and classic mysteries will charm bibliophiles as Leno effectively mixes terror with grief. Rating details 10,297 ratings 2,658 reviews From the author of You Must Not Misscomes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie. Leno ( You Must Not Miss) permeates each scene with delicious frights: a piano plays by itself, unseen hands write words on a foggy mirror. Just as Jane starts to make peace with her home and new life, a shocking secret changes her. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Magpie Lewis’ father left soon after she caught him having sex with her mother’s sister. If you do not already have an account, register one now Its easy and completely free, and will let you create your own shelves at Online Book Club Subgenre Hashtags for Horrid No hashtags for Horrid have been added yet. Read 2,959 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Horrid by Katrina Leno Genre: Young Adult Release Year: 2020 Please log in to add Horrid to one of your shelves. From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror.

Despite new friends Alana and Susie, plus an after-school bookstore job, Jane is troubled by anger-fueled blackouts and out-of-body experiences, a high school bully who knows more about Jane’s family than she does, and a mother oblivious to North Manor’s peculiarities. Little, Brown, 17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-03165-3724-7. YOU MUST NOT MISS by Katrina Leno RELEASE DATE: ApA depressed New England teen writes her perfect world into reality and uses it to exact revenge. Read 2,959 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Named “creep house” by the locals, North Manor has been shuttered for years, but its mysterious quirks (the pervasive smell of roses, doors opening on their own) are enough to unnerve Agatha Christie aficionado Jane. Moving to Bells Hollow, Maine, from Los Angeles is a shock to Jane, but after her father dies and her mother reveals they are broke, North Manor, formerly home to Jane’s late grandmother, Emilia, is all they have left.