Taste-matched follow-ups
Start with the closest matches, then branch into broader nearby picks tuned to slow-burn dread, melancholy romance, and psychological obsession.
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Why this fits: If you liked the way Had I Not Seen the Sun blends slow-burn psychological dread with a charged relationship and a sense that something unseen is pressing in, Under Salt Marsh delivers a similarly patient crime unraveling where the landscape and interpersonal secrets suffocate the truth.
Why this fits: For the same emotionally haunted mystery vibe as Had I Not Seen the Sun—where grief and the uncanny blur into each other—Rien ne t'efface offers a mournful, obsession-driven investigation that keeps the boundary between trauma and the supernatural unsettlingly unstable.
Why this fits: If what hooked you in Had I Not Seen the Sun was the atmosphere of ritualistic menace and the feeling that the investigation is entangled with personal loss, The Chestnut Man brings that same cold, methodical dread with a recurring eerie symbol and morally weighted stakes.
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