The House of Horrors

By: Dan Smith, Luke Brookes

Narrated by: Thomas Delacourt

Master of sci-fi Dan Smith delivers an action-packed thriller as secret organisation The Night House exposes the bloodcurdling truth of what lurks inside Dr Kilgore’s House of Horrors.

Deep in the Texan desert, the Slade family’s trip of a lifetime takes a terrifying turn when their car crashes on the highway. Stranded and alone, they’re picked up by passing trucker Sam, who leads them to a long-abandoned ghost town, Coyote Creek.

There the family are forced to enter Dr Kilgore’s House of Horrors, a nightmarish maze filled with sinister, all-too lifelike waxworks and bone-chilling secrets.

Will they find a way to escape or will they become the latest victims of the horrors that await?

©2026 Dan Smith (P)2026 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Absolutely horrifying, in the best way! Perfectly paced, brilliantly written, and left me needing to leave the light on at bedtime." – Jennifer Killick

"Get ready to have your spine well and truly tingled as award-winning author and master of creepy sci-fi, Dan Smith, returns with the third book of his super-charged, supernatural Night House Files series … full of thrills, chills and some seriously scary science … this fast-paced, bone-chilling adventure will hook in readers from the first page… and is best read in daylight hours!" — Lancashire Post

"Please genuinely be prepared to be SCARED." — Independent Book Reviews

"A teen book version of X-files which I am all for. Brilliantly creepy and weird." — Norfolk Children's Books Centre bookseller

"Truly terrifying… in the best possible way! … my dreams were haunted by this Wrong Turn meets House of Wax style story … Dan is our horror king and as always, nothing is quite what it seemed … The House of Horrors is one of my favourite reads this year: the unnerving atmosphere and sophisticated storytelling make this an unforgettable read and one which will stop you sleeping…" — Check 'Em Out Books, blog