If you were hooked by Sarah Piper and Matthew Ryder piecing together Maddy’s tragic history through hostile locals and hidden records—right down to those chilling nights near the barn—then you’ll love how Arthur Kipps digs into Mrs. Drablow’s secrets at Eel Marsh House in The Woman in Black. Like Sarah’s hunt for who wronged Maddy, Kipps’s inquiry through letters, legal papers, and whispered village lore unspools a relentless, grief-fueled haunting with devastating consequences.

You admired how Sarah stands her ground—taking on Alistair Gellis’s dangerous case, facing possession, and refusing to be dismissed—so try The Silent Companions. Elsie Bainbridge, newly widowed and isolated in a crumbling estate, contends with sinister wooden figures and damning village superstition while unearthing the house’s buried history (via old journals) much as Sarah unearths Maddy’s. It’s that same iron-willed determination against an encroaching, intelligent evil.

If the simmering pull between Sarah and the war-scarred Matthew—growing as they confront Maddy’s rage—was a big part of the appeal, The Ghost Bride balances spectral danger with romance just as deftly. Li Lan’s brush with a spirit marriage draws her into the Chinese afterlife, where her heart and safety are equally at stake; the romantic tension echoes the way Sarah’s feelings deepen amid séances, barn visitations, and revelations about Maddy’s abuser.

Like the grounded supernatural in Maddy Clare—where the ghost’s fury is tethered to real-world abuse and the investigators use practical methods as much as séances—The Little Stranger roots its haunting in postwar scars and social fault lines. As Dr. Faraday becomes entangled with Hundreds Hall’s strange occurrences, the unease builds without tidy rules, much like the way Maddy’s presence escalates from barn knockings to violent possession.

If the tight focus of Maddy Clare—mostly Sarah, Matthew, Alistair, and the village, circling that barn—kept you rapt, The Turn of the Screw distills that intimacy to a razor’s edge. A lone governess, two children, and a secluded estate make every glance at a window and whisper in a corridor feel momentous, echoing how each clue about Maddy’s past amplified the dread and urgency of Sarah’s small, pressure-cooker world.