Books like Spindrift by Phyllis A. Whitney

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 chilling tale of calculated revenge in an unnamed Italian city during carnival, where a man lures a friend into a vault and orders his burial alive.

In Edith Wharton’s classic, Lily Bart, a beautiful and intelligent young woman devoted to luxury, struggles to navigate New York’s strict social hierarchy and moral expectations, ultimately confronting the limits of her independence.

Fourteen‑year‑old Mattie Ross sets out from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to hunt down Tom Chaney—whom she blames for her father’s death—guided by the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn.

After her father’s mysterious death, Bryony returns to the crumbling Ashley Court, inherits a telepathic gift, and must navigate family curses, debt, and a dangerous love waiting in the shadows of the estate.

A family’s idyllic summer party at a grand estate in Cornwall turns into a desperate search when six‑year‑old Theo vanishes, leaving the house abandoned and the siblings torn apart.

A smuggler turned informant, Andrews seeks refuge with a lonely young woman, only to find that betraying his partners carries a perilous cost—both criminals and law regard treachery as a treasonous crime.

Set in a crumbling Georgian manor in rural Warwickshire, *The Little Stranger* follows a doctor arriving at a long‑standing family home where a death‑bed patient and chilling supernatural forces intertwine against the backdrop of post‑war Britain.

Jan Bryant Bartell’s 1974 memoir "Spindrift" chronicles her decade‑long ordeal in a New York townhouse, then dubbed the "House of Death," as ghosts stalked her to a new home where she died under mysterious circumstances.

London bachelor William Helder is thrust into a family heist when he is tasked with recovering a missing silver flagon, the final piece of a 12‑piece set. Pursuing the mystery leads him into romance with Hazel Paget.

Laurel, a widowed mother in Mississippi, returns home after her father's illness, witnessing his death and funeral, and must confront her past family ties to shape her future.

An English tourist and a local investigate mysterious deaths during a gypsy pilgrimage to a holy shrine in Provence, uncovering a tangled web of identity, wealth, and danger.

A daughter of a celebrated novelist and a former Hollywood actress navigates grief, family secrets, and a chilling mystery in Bergen, Norway, as she seeks answers about her parents and the unsolved murder tied to a forgotten film.

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When Russian émigré choreographer Nickolai Davidov meets Connecticut's Ruth Bannion, their guarded hearts slowly melt, turning fear into a fierce, unhidden love that transcends war and cultural divide.

When quiet bachelor Martin Urban inherits a small fortune, he decides to help those in need, but his philanthropic plans become entangled with Finn’s mercenary motives, leading to a haunting twist on the adage that no good deed goes unpunished.

Marel Gordon, an aspiring children's book illustrator, lands a job at a literary agency and marries writer Chris Mallory. Together they juggle careers and home life, learning the delicate balance of love and ambition.

A grieving sister travels to Istanbul after her brother's body is found in the Bosporus, uncovering secrets that threaten her own safety as she seeks justice for her sister’s mysterious death.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

A collection of thrilling detective tales featuring the charming thief Raffles, as he navigates London's criminal underworld and outwits the police.

A story of love and betrayal in Rhode Island’s waters.

American art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna to buy a Ruysdael painting for a Texas millionaire, but the transaction spirals into a Cold‑War conspiracy that could spark international terrorism.

Hallie Knight’s search for her missing friend Susan Trench leads her back to Topsail Island, where family secrets and a tense investigation unfold on the North Carolina coast.

When the owner of Nightingale Books must choose between selling her family shop and honoring her father's promise, the loyal patrons become the unexpected support that keeps the dream alive and a city of books becomes a living sanctuary of love, hope, and quiet joy.

Thunder Heights To Camilla King, her trip up the Hudson to the huge Gothic mansion named Thunder Heights was in a way a return to the home that had never been hers. From there her grandfather, Orrin Judd, the financier, ran his vast empire. When Camilla had been a child her mother had returned there for a visit and mysteriously died. From that point on, for reasons she had never understood, Camilla's father had cut himself off completely from the Judd family. And later Camilla, now an orphan and quite alone, had been making her way as a governess in New York City. The summons from the old man had come as a complete surprise. Yet Camilla obeyed it willingly, half out of curiosity, half in the hope of discovering a home and family of her own. She found a sick old man anxious to make his peace with her before he died. She found two extraordinary aunts--imperious Aunt Hortense, dressed in bygone fashions, and fey, ghostlike Aunt Letty, haunted by some strange guilt or sorrow. She found also Hortense's adopted son, Booth, a strange, sardonic young man who seemed content to idle away his considerable talents as a painter, and Ross Granger, who had been brought there as an aide to her grandfather and who treated her with the most rigid formality. Over the enormous house hung an atmosphere of gloom, impending danger, and strange crosscurrents. And out of these elements Phyllis Whitney has fashioned an extraordinarily holding story. Old Orrin Judd's amazing will, young Booth's unfinished portrait of Camilla's mother, the house itself, which took on a character of its own, and one near-accident after another, seemingly aimed at driving Camilla away, all play their parts. The Window on the Square THE SCENE IS NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1870's. A letter summons young Megan Kincaid to the house on Washington Square. In a startling interview the master of the house, Brandon Reid, informs her that he wishes her to devote herself to moody, unbalanced Jeremy, Mrs. Reid's son by her previous husband, Brandon's younger brother Dwight. Dwight Reid's brilliant career as New York District Attorney had been ended by a shocking and tragic accident with a gun--or so the newspapers had claimed--at the hands of this same guilt-ridden child, then aged seven. Against her better judgment, Megan accepts the challenge. From the beginning Megan feels uneasy in the house; she senses the presence of lurking evil, of mysterious emotional undercurrents, of relationships that are not what they appear to be. She does not know whom to trust--the haughty yet strangely sad beauty, Leslie Reid, or the somber, fascinating master of the house, whose warm voice belies his cold, grave manner. She finds herself irresistibly drawn toward him, and their growing mutual attraction is duly noted by interested members of the household. When Megan realizes fully the extent of her own feelings, she knows she cannot honorably remain in the Reid home. Yet she also knows that if she goes, Jeremy will be left alone in world, irretrievably lost.