Saturday, June 21, 2025

How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold

 

 How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold. Poisoned Pen Press, 2025. Adult fiction. Mystery. Horror.

 After the death of Mortimer Queen, the king of horror novelists, seven people are invited to his estate with promise that they have been left something. One by one, si of them meet untimely ends in gruesome ways. Interspersed with "chapters" about the seven that are seemingly written by Mortimer Queen, readers learn how they were all connected to the writer, his work, or his family. Proceeding from room to room and trying to solve a riddle, the narrative moves forward.  Readers can have fun marking up their books, counting down the characters, and trying to decide who will survive this horror story.

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