In Search Of: A book I saw on the front table of a bookstore, and remember very little about. 😬 Details within.
Hi there,
Apologies in advance that this will all likely be supremely unhelpful, but: a week or two ago I was at my local bookstore browsing their front tables of popular releases and bestsellers, and came across a horror book I wish I had written down. Alas, I didn’t, and upon returning to the book store it’s no longer where it was… so now I am at a total loss.
I’ve googled, I’ve scrolled recent horror release on various websites, I’ve even tried describing what I remember of the book to ChatGPT, all with no luck. So here I am relying on good ole’ human crowd sourcing, hoping someone reads this terrible and vague description and goes “oh yeah, I totally just read that.”
All I remember is the book was small and a hard cover, and the plot was vaguely to do with someone experiencing loss (maybe their spouse?) and being drawn in by a small town cult / religious organization who makes some sort of promise of reconnecting this person to their lost loved one… but the implication is, of course, that the actions of this organization are insidious and things go awry for the main character.
I appreciate it’s not much to go on, but if you could identify this book for me it would be greatly appreciated, because I am on the brink of madness from not being able to figure it out. 🙃