Books like The menace within by Ursula Curtiss
When Amanda’s aunt is hospitalized after a stroke, she takes over the family house and learns of a secret underground shelter built beneath it. Unbeknownst to her, the shelter was once used by a workman and now houses a murderer who killed a young woman. The killer’s half‑brother, equally dangerous, also threatens Amanda. Adding to her turmoil, Amanda has agreed to care for a baby while friends are away. Together, Amanda and the baby must navigate empty, snowbound streets while being hunted by ruthless men.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Ursula Curtiss
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for The menace within by Ursula Curtiss are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to The menace within (26 similar books)
Tracy Whitney, a bright and idealistic young woman, marries into wealth but is betrayed and imprisoned by a ruthless mafia. Surviving her ordeal, she embarks on a global quest for revenge, navigating danger from New Orleans to Madrid.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a respected farmer is bludgeoned to death in his study, Scotland Yard detectives Hannasyde and Hemingway uncover a web of hidden motives, culminating in a second murder that forces them to confront a relentless killer.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A captivating journey from Tibet to England’s pastoral heartlands follows a beautiful young half-caste woman whose destiny unravels love, terror, and a slow‑moving mysterious power that threatens her sanity and life.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Tamar Brown arrives in a small English village to investigate the story of Abigail Parkes, a witch burned three centuries earlier. As superstitions flare, Tamar faces danger and a reunion with her long‑lost lover, William.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Mary Roberts Rinehart’s The After House turns a thrilling shipboard setting into a tense murder mystery, combining classic detective intrigue with the suspense of axe‑handled murders on the high seas.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Ursula Curtiss’s *Widow’s Web* blends suspense and psychological intrigue into a thriller with a twisty end, weaving themes of inheritance, suspicion, and hidden motives.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Carol Spencer, a twenty‑four‑year‑old from Maine, discovers a charred body in her summer home’s linen closet and becomes the police’s prime suspect. Determined to clear her name, she uncovers the true murderer.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A suspenseful mystery in which ex‑husband Peter faces a murder charge and his former wife Jenny must decide whether to trust him and uncover the truth about the victim, Fiora.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In the sunlit village of Asherby Cross, Maggie Ossian discovers her friend Lilian has turned into a mysterious, nocturnal creature, and a dangerous web of intrigue and revenge threatens the town.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
On the verge of adulthood, Tessa questions her place within the old family estate of Barmote Hall, longing for freedom while confronting hidden truths tied to her grandmothers and a mysterious tenant.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In the picturesque Emberside Grange, Isobel Penrose’s quiet life is shattered when a sinister stranger, Simeon Graw, arrives with a mysterious companion, plunging the town into eerie danger and a perilous search for her missing cousin Lydia.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
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.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Carla Tregellas, last of an ancient Cornish clan, inherits a sprawling cliff‑side mansion and discovers a looming family curse as she confronts a mysterious housekeeper and a looming supernatural threat.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A young woman returns to her Connecticut hometown to investigate a death that occurred thirteen years earlier, confronting a chilling mystery that may involve her foster-sister and a hidden truth.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Carla McAllister returns to Yorkshire to serve as a companion at Milverton Hall, only to uncover the mystery behind the vanished beauty Caprice and the fragile Elsa, navigating romance, suspense, and gothic intrigue.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A British agent hunted by a ruthless escape syndicate and a double agent in Malta must use wit to survive.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In war‑torn Paris of 1870, detective Martha Hathaway stays behind to solve a tragic crime, blending romance and suspense in a thrilling mystery.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A mysterious disappearance and a wedding gone wrong lead to a heart-wrenching love story set in the 1970s.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Demon King Noah defends his kind from human and Nightwalker threats while battling nightmares of a woman who forces him to bridge two worlds in this paranormal romance.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Celia Brett, a determined 18‑year‑old from a New England slum, climbs social ranks in San Francisco by using her observations, quick learning and uncanny adaptability, eventually becoming an heiress and groomed to marry a business magnate.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A London businessman wakes up as a Finnish scientist in Oslo and must navigate a perilous journey through Norway, Finland, and Soviet Russia to survive a kidnapping plot.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
After her husband’s death, Harriet Lacey faces a new threat when her children are kidnapped, turning her apartment into a prison and forcing her to use a telephone as a weapon of survival.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
Dreadful Sorry by Louise G. TurcotteThe Silent Witness by Mary Jane Mennis
The Vanishing Shadow by Craig Rice
Shadow of the Past by Elizabeth L. Lamb
Dark Whispers by Jane Harper
Echoes of Violence by Michael H. Payne
Crimson Deception by Laura Bennett
The Hidden Threat by Simon Talbot
Secrets in the Shadows by Anne Morgan
Fractured Truths by Robert S. Taylor
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!