A newly placed woman at a secluded country house confronts eerie, inexplicable phenomena tied to the home’s past while she navigates grief, social scrutiny, and household secrets. The book sets up a slow-building collision between domestic routine and uncanny intrusions that heighten psychological strain.

A methodical police investigation into a series of linked killings anchors the book: detectives follow cryptic clues that connect victims and a recurring symbolic motif as they race to identify a serial perpetrator.

Set in British-ruled Kolkata, the novel focuses on a detective-style investigation that unfolds within the political and social complexities of colonial India. A central inquiry—criminal in nature—pressures characters to confront local power structures, cultural differences, and the legal realities of the period.

A fictional reimagining of a doomed overland expedition in the 19th-century American West that places characters under escalating scarcity and suspicion.

A young woman from a Chinese-Malaysian community becomes involved in a ghost marriage ritual that asks her to negotiate between family expectations and a claim from the otherworld.

A journalist-investigator pursues the murky death and legacy of a notorious film director whose work inspired a devoted, secretive subculture.

Set in a near-future Nigeria after an alien presence appears, the novel follows a Nigerian agent who can access a shared alien-linked information network through nervous-system-affecting fungal growths.

Set among a hidden network that assigns hits, the novel follows an individual tied to that system whose work and choices set up the central pressure: how does someone who arranges and executes murder live inside the rules, routines, and rivalries of an organized underworld?

A police detective continues to pursue criminal investigations as larger social collapse looms, confronting cases that intersect with themes of suicide and civic breakdown. The central pressure is how an officer's commitment to law and process holds against an eroding public order and personal unease.