The Night House Files - The House of Horrors

Paperback

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?

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-0-00-879090-5

Interest age

11+

Publication Date

07-05-2026

Format

Paperback

Pages

208 pages

Dimensions

129x198mm

Product Description

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?

Author

Dan Smith, Illustrated by Luke Brookes

Dan Smith is the award-winning and bestselling author of books for both children and adults. His children’s titles, which includeThe Wall Between Us, Nisha’s War, Below Zeroand the Crooked Oak series, have won him numerous accolades, including the Coventry Inspiration Book Award, the Essex Book Award, and nominations for the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award and the Young Quills Award. Dan lives in Newcastle with his family.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-0-00-879090-5

Interest age

11+

Publication Date

07-05-2026

Format

Paperback

Pages

208 pages

Dimensions

129x198mm

Product Description

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?

Author

Dan Smith, Illustrated by Luke Brookes

Dan Smith is the award-winning and bestselling author of books for both children and adults. His children’s titles, which includeThe Wall Between Us, Nisha’s War, Below Zeroand the Crooked Oak series, have won him numerous accolades, including the Coventry Inspiration Book Award, the Essex Book Award, and nominations for the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award and the Young Quills Award. Dan lives in Newcastle with his family.