Books like Dracul by Dacre Stoker

In 1868, Bram Stoker, a young man barely out of adolescence, waits in a desolate tower, prepared to confront an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive the longest night of his life. Desperate to record what he witnesses, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here. Bram’s story begins in Dublin, where a sickly child spent his early days bedridden and tended by his caretaker, Ellen Crone. When a string of strange deaths occurs in a nearby town, Bram and his sister Matilda detect a pattern of bizarre behavior by Ellen—mystery deepening until she vanishes from their lives. Years later, Matilda returns from Paris and informs Bram that she has seen Ellen again, and that the nightmare they thought ended is only beginning. The novel explores gothic suspense, the origins of Dracula and the enigmatic woman linking them.

First publish date: 2018