Books like Unloved, The by John Saul

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.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

When Kara Marshall’s daughter vanishes during a home showing, she suspects a sinister intruder. Joined by a grieving neighbor, they uncover a stalking menace that preys on houses for sale, turning their community into a deadly hunt.

Soul‑shaking horror follows sixteen‑year‑old Cassie Winslow as she survives her mother’s death, moves to a new home in Cape Cod, and discovers terrifying, supernatural gifts that threaten her and the town of False Harbor.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

When Carolyn Evans remarries and moves into Manhattan’s upscale Rockwell, she soon discovers a sinister presence stalking her family—nightmares, uncanny neighbors, and a dark secret about her husband threaten to unravel their idyllic life.