🏷️ Family Secrets
11 entries tagged with this trope
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
Detective Elin visits her brother's engagement party at a remote Swiss hotel. When guests start disappearing, the hotel's dark history as a sanatorium becomes relevant.
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi · 2020
When Vivek Oji is found dead, their family seeks answers about their child's secret life and identity. A powerful exploration of gender and sexuality in modern Nigeria.
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
1950s Mexico. Noemí investigates her cousin's disturbing letter from an isolated English mansion. What she finds involves fungus, family secrets, and body horror.
The House You Pass on the Way
Jacqueline Woodson · 1997
Fourteen-year-old Staggerlee questions her identity and sexuality during a summer that changes everything. A beautiful exploration of adolescence and belonging.
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave · 2021
Hannah's husband disappears, leaving a note: 'Protect her.' Her being his teenage daughter who hates Hannah. Now they're on the run from his past.
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave · 2021
Hannah's husband disappears with a note: 'Protect her.' She must unravel his secrets while earning the trust of his teenage daughter who wants nothing to do with her.
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore · 2024
A girl vanishes from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975. Her brother disappeared from the same woods fourteen years earlier. A sprawling, masterful literary mystery.
Sundial
Catriona Ward · 2022
Rob's daughter might be a psychopath. She takes her to the desert compound where she grew up — a place with its own dark history. Layers upon layers of unreliable narration.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, converted from an old sanatorium. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then someone disappears. Gothic atmosphere meets modern thriller.
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave · 2021
Hannah's husband disappears, leaving only a note: 'Protect her.' 'Her' is his sixteen-year-old daughter who wants nothing to do with Hannah. Unraveling his secrets means questioning everything.
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah · 2018
A family moves to Alaska in the 1970s to start over. The wilderness is beautiful and deadly. So is Leni's father. A survival story about escaping the monsters inside your own home.