Think Diana Gabaldon by way of Charlaine Harris.

After a group of menacing doctors arrives, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and soon they learn a demon from childhood stories is hell-bent on infiltrating this world. Alma Katsu is a fantastic writer, with a unique ability to blur the lines of history, horror, humanity, and tragedy. A mysterious disease spreads among those in the camp, with minor colds becoming fits of violence, aggression and even death. Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and forced into an internment camp in Ohio while they await Jamie. It centers on Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, who await the return of husband and father Jamie, an air force pilot stationed in the Pacific. He is buoyantof another dimension, one that does not experience the friction of the world in the same way she does. The book is inspired by the Japanese Yōkai and the Jorōgumo spider demon. Alma Katsu, The Deep 1 likes Like But there’s something about his generosity, his kindness, that makes her feel weighted down and sad. Around 70,000 American citizens were among those forced into camps.

Putnam’s Sons will publish Katsu’s The Fervor, which puts a psychological and supernatural twist on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps during World War II, which saw 112,000 people of Japanese descent forced to relocate due to racist fears that they posed a threat to national security. I also love anything about seafaring or exploring the vast unchartered seas we share on this planet. Alma Katsu, the author behind historical horror novels The Hunger and The Deep, is traveling to the World War II era for her next book. The Deep by Alma Katsu I always have had a soft spot for a good horror or supernatural tale.