Books by Adam Nevill and Complete Book Reviews

The Ritual
The Ritual
Adam Nevill. St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-312-64184-9
“And on the second day things did not get better.” This suitably foreboding opening sentence sets the stage for a dark and mesmerizing horror debut that riffs on Algernon Blackwood’s classic story “The Wendigo.” Hutch, Luke, Dom, and Phil set off on
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Last Days
Last Days
Adam Nevill. St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-1-250-01818-2
Nevill (The Ritual) pulls out all the stops in this audacious literary take on metafictional horror films like The Blair Witch Project. British filmmaker Kyle Freeman is on his last financial legs when he’s offered a deal that sounds too good to be...
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Apartment 16
Apartment 16
Adam Nevill. Pan Macmillan (Trafalgar Square, dist.), $12.95 trade paper (452p) ISBN 978-0-330-51496-5
Inheriting a relative’s posh London apartment subjects a naïve 28-year-old American to supernatural peril in this formulaic horror novel. Stephen, head porter of Barrington House, tells Apryl Beckford that her great-aunt Lillian’s mental health had...
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The House of Small Shadows
The House of Small Shadows
Adam Nevill. Minotaur, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-04127-2
Unease escalates to stark terror in Nevill’s intricately plotted, character-driven shadow show of numinous ritual and madness. London auction appraiser Catherine Howard is an unstable young woman with a tragic past of “imaginary” playmates and an...
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No One Gets Out Alive
No One Gets Out Alive
Adam Nevill. St. Martin’s, $26.99 (640p) ISBN 978-1-4668-3739-3
Well-regarded British horror novelist Nevill (Apartment 16) does not disappoint in his latest standalone. Stephanie, a teenager estranged from her stepmother and desperate to make it on her own, rents a cheap room and immediately discovers that she’s
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Under a Watchful Eye
Under a Watchful Eye
Adam Nevill. Pan MacMillan, $12.95 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-5098-2041-2
Nevill (Lost Girl) generates few scares in this unremarkable horror novel, which starts stronger than it finishes. English novelist Seb Logan has written several successful books that benefited from the publishing industry’s decision to promote...
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