Books like A stranger and afraid by Elizabeth Ferrars

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

After her husband dies, newly widowed Elsie moves to her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, only to find a mysterious painted figure that eerily mirrors her, stirring unsettling fears that threaten her fragile new life.

Perry Mason tackles a perplexing homicide in Los Angeles, where a frantic client and a mysterious lieutenant complicate the investigation.

Inspector Alan Grant investigates a mysterious murder on a night train to London, where a dying man's unfinished poem—about talking beasts and singing sands—clues him to a hidden conspiracy.

In the corrupt town of Poisonville, the Continental Op battles gangs and brute violence to avenge the death of the last honest citizen, revealing the dark underside of the American grain trade.

A murder in a ticking‑filled study triggers a puzzling hunt—three unseen visitors, a broken clock, and a dead man whose name remains elusive.

In the quiet village of Prior's Umborne, a series of poison-pen letters stirs suspicion. Nigel Strangeways is called upon to uncover the culprit before more harm occurs, amid secrets and a mysterious death at the dreadful hollow.

Globally acclaimed general’s memoir ghostwriter Sara Marriott becomes a silent witness to a puzzling series of murders in a quiet town, when an answered phone delivers a chilling warning that turns a simple assignment into a deadly investigation.

Nigel Cleaver vacationing at his brother’s estate discovers the bodies of his brother’s wife Annabel and her half‑sister Caroline. As family secrets unravel, the killers remain hidden until a stormy night reveals the truth.

Widowed professor’s widow, Imogen, navigates family drama and a murder accusation after her husband’s sudden death.

*You called the police. That was the first thing to do. You did it at once...* Yet Matthew Tierney found himself sitting in a chair, staring at the strangled body of his wife; he was paralyzed by shock, unable to reach for the telephone on a nearby table. Perhaps it was this delay in calling the police that made him a prime suspect (an airtight alibi notwithstanding) or perhaps it was the substantial inheritance that his wife had recently come into--and that was now his. Tierney, however, has a few ideas of his own about who might have wrapped a cord neatly around his wife's throat. His investigation takes him to the lovely seaside resort where she had often vacationed, and where it seems that murder, too, is now on a holiday. For Tierney's prime suspect--his wife's lover--is found dead...and evidence again points a finger directly at Matthew Tierney...

Covert letter forces Scotland Yard investigator Mrs. Bradley to revisit a past case, linking it to a series of ritualistic murders on the Norfolk Broads. She must race to catch a killer before more bodies are found.