When the Night Comes Knocking
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Pub Date 19 Nov 2026 | Archive Date 19 Nov 2026
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers | 3AM Books
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Description
Lock the doors and live through the night...
A quiet roadside convenience store, in the heart of Appalachia. The customers mind their own business, focused on the long journeys ahead of them. Until, that is, two men stumble in, one of them mutilated beyond recognition and claiming to have been attacked by a monster.
At first, no one believes the man’s ravings, but then the next person to leave the store is brutally killed. And when, impossibly, he returns and begs to be let back in, it seems that a local legend might be true,
There’s a beast in these mountains who can wear others’ faces and feasts on guilty hearts… and someone among them has lured it out of hiding. As the creature’s attacks become bolder, cracks start showing within the group. The dwindling survivors begin to turn on each other, desperate to save themselves by uncovering the guiltiest among them.
If the group can’t band together and survive the night, they’ll surely become the monster’s next victims…or worse, become monsters themselves.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781911780021 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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Featured Reviews
Ticia M, Reviewer
This Is How You Write a Monster Story!
i really enjoyed this book, and flew through it really quickly,
it's a story that starts with a brother and sister who don't get along traveling to a cabin in the heart of Appalachia for a family thanksgiving dinner, they stop off at a store before closing when two men come in one badly injured. claiming to have been attacked by a monster, begging them to lock the doors.
it's really surprising that this is a debut novel
this picks up really quickly. threw out the book you slowly learn what has happened between the brother and sister to cause the problems within there relationship, the way its slowly drip fed to the reader is done really well and the mystery helps to keep the pace strong but the best part of this book is the creature it is so well written well, has great folklore and leaves enough to make your imagination go wild. i really did enjoy this one it felt very Reminiscent the of the movies "feast" (2005) and "splinter" (2008) and think it would make a perfect autumn read, i can't wait to see what this author has next
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