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Headlights
- Author
- CJ Leede
- Narrator
- Andrew Eiden
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 18 June 2026
- Run Time
- 12 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'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
Critics Review
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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
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Headlights is instantly seminal. Enshrine it, I say. And it’s not just the great premise or fabulous ideas: Headlights is a dazzling juggling of horror without camp, wit without loss of dread, pace without hurry . . . I’ll be recommending this book at parties forever. But first I’m gonna go get everything else she’s written. You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year
Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House
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An utterly stunning novel . . . Wrapped within one of the most disturbing concepts ever to grace the genre is an utterly beautiful reflection on overcoming trauma, seeking freedom, and the afterlife. Not just one of the best horror books you’ll ever read but one that has the capacity to change you permanently
Grimdark Magazine
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It is the kind of book that makes you grateful for horror, because only horror could hold all of this at once
Ginger Nuts of Horror
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Inundated with jaw-dropping revelations, twists and turns that demand another chapter, and another, and another, and then the sun has come up
FanFiAddict
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Plenty of page-turning suspense . . . hard to put down
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Details
- Author
- CJ Leede
- Narrator
- Andrew Eiden
- Duration
- 12 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037410161
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Thriller: serial killers, Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
'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 SoilAn 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
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