Books like The house of haunted dreams by Jane Peart

Merrick: The Witch's Tale

After her mother’s death, Karen Whitlaw receives a mysterious notebook from her Vietnam‑war veteran father, only to discover he was murdered in New Orleans. With help from homicide detective Marc Chastain, she unravels a deadly plot tied to the notebook’s deadly contents.

Violin: A haunting ghost novel of passion, music, and mystery from Anne Rice, a master of the macabre who returns to her roots of nineteenth-century Viennese opera and modern-day New Orleans with a tale that is both captivating and disturbingly beautiful.

A chilling tale of the Louisiana bayou and the supernatural in 1920s New Orleans.

A family’s dream home on Long Island’s South Shore turns into a haunted nightmare as a sinister presence overwhelms them, forcing a desperate fight for their children’s survival.

In 1872 Wigan, England, coal miners endure harsh lives beside lavish owners. Detective Jonathan Blair searches for a missing man, only to find himself drawn to Rose, a fiery pit girl defying Victorian expectations.

In 1867, governess Eliza Caine arrives at Gaudlin Hall in Norfolk, where a hidden past and unseen forces threaten her, the children, and the house itself.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

Bob Lee Swagger, a private investigator based in Mississippi, confronts a complex prison mystery that draws him deeper into a race‑related crime world, forcing him to test his judgment and resolve in a tense, suspenseful investigation.

In historic New Orleans, aristocrat Rafael Navarro mistakenly courts Catherine Mayfield, believing her a worldly woman; he soon discovers her true virtue and they navigate a perilous romance amid family secrets and a haunted bayou estate.

A juvenile mystery set around Halloween, featuring Sabrina and a fundraiser called The Halloween Machine.

Set in turn‑century New York Times‑reviewed New Orleans, Storyville follows two women—Kate, a fledgling prostitute turned madam’s hopeful, and Julia Randsome, a suffragist‑married to a land‑owning husband—whose lives collide within the city’s infamous red‑light district.

When Joletta Caresse’s grandmother dies, she inherits a missing perfume formula and a century‑old mystery that takes her on a journey from Louisiana to 19th‑century Europe, while danger and romance swirl around her in the present.