Why read No One Gets Out Alive?

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Now a major Netflix film.

Winner of the August Derleth Award, No One Gets Out Alive is the ultimate haunted house thriller from horror writer Adam Nevill.

Darkness lives within . . .

Cash-strapped, working for agencies and living in shared accommodation, Stephanie Booth feels she can fall no further.…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked No One Gets Out Alive as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Elana Gomel

Author

Adam Nevill is one of the most accomplished horror writers I know. This book is not recent (his recent books are also worth checking out), but it is one of the most accomplished horror novels ever written. The horror comes not so much from the supernatural elements (though these are very good) as from the ratcheting sense of claustrophobia and helplessness as the heroine is driven back to the haunted house by poverty and violence.

From Elana's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Catherine Cavendish

Author

Adam Nevill is a British horror writer – you may know of him through The Ritual which was made into a successful film a few years ago.

This is an earlier work and tells the story of Stephanie – down on her luck and reduced to taking a cheap, seedy room in an even seedier house where it is soon apparent that there is something horribly wrong. The chilling and menacing atmosphere of the building is overwhelming, while the landlord is certainly not on the level.

As for his ghastly cousin…. Then there are the noises… Something is going on…

From Catherine's list on transporting you to a haunted house.