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Cover of Coldheart Canyon

Coldheart Canyon

Clive Barker (2001)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingHard R
Pages676 (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.72/5 (9218)
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Content levels

ViolenceGraphic
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

Trigger warnings

Graphic ViolenceGoreBody HorrorOn-Page SexSexual AssaultDeathPsychological ManipulationMental ManipulationViolence

Positive tags

MysteryAtmospheric

Hero archetypes

Aging HeroActor / Performer

Protagonist archetypes

Ghost / Undead ProtagonistTortured Protagonist

Tropes

Haunted LocationHidden IdentityCursed LocationLost CivilizationDark SecretsHollywood Gothic

Themes

Vanity and AgingFame and CelebrityBeauty and DecayThe Price of ImmortalityHollywood CorruptionPast SinsObsession

Synopsis

Aging star Todd Pickett flees to a secret corner of Hollywood to heal from botched plastic surgery and discovers that his newfound hideaway is in fact haunted by ghosts from the 1920s.

Tags

HorrorSupernaturalGothicDark FantasyHollywood Noir