Headlights: A dark, visceral serial killer horror for fans of The Shining
Jun 2026 · Pan Macmillan
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'A sharp, dark supernatural horror that gripped me from start to finish'
– V. E. Schwab, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
An FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling, award-winning author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining, Longlegs and Twin Peaks.
Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can’t.
Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready for a change. Burnt out and defeated by the job, it’s his last day with the FBI. But before he can turn in his badge, he’s summoned back to Denver, the city he ran from four years ago, with a chilling message: it's happening again.
Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue.
Now Daniel is pulled back into the gruesome cycle, and every clue leads him deeper into the shadows of his own past. He will have to confront the ghosts of his traumatic childhood and face what’s been hunting him all along – before he and the people he loves become the next victims.
'Dazzling . . . You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year'
– Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the House
'One of the best horror books you’ll ever read'
– Grimdark Magazine
– V. E. Schwab, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
An FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling, award-winning author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining, Longlegs and Twin Peaks.
Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can’t.
Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready for a change. Burnt out and defeated by the job, it’s his last day with the FBI. But before he can turn in his badge, he’s summoned back to Denver, the city he ran from four years ago, with a chilling message: it's happening again.
Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue.
Now Daniel is pulled back into the gruesome cycle, and every clue leads him deeper into the shadows of his own past. He will have to confront the ghosts of his traumatic childhood and face what’s been hunting him all along – before he and the people he loves become the next victims.
'Dazzling . . . You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year'
– Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the House
'One of the best horror books you’ll ever read'
– Grimdark Magazine
'A sharp, dark supernatural horror that gripped me from start to finish'
– V. E. Schwab, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
An FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this te...
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CJ Leede is a horror writer, hiker and Trekkie. She is the author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture. Her debut novel Maeve Fly won the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award and Splatterpunk Award, and earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination. When she is not driving around the country, CJ can be found in LA with her boyfriend and rescue dogs.
CJ Leede is a horror writer, hiker and Trekkie. She is the author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture. Her debut novel Maeve Fly won the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award and Splatterpunk Award, and earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination. When she is not driving around the country, CJ can be foun...
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