Dead Weight
About the Book
Dead Weight
An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs --- or even bodies --- in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of THE NIGHT GUEST.
Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door.
When she tracks down the cat’s wayward owner, she finds a young woman just as lost and in need of help. Like a gust of cold air in a Reykjavík night, Ásta and her pet slip into Unnur’s life.
It’s unexpected, but welcome. Unnur likes the company, and she begins to rely on Ásta in turn. But like a black cat, trouble has been tailing her new friend, and Unnur is the only one there for Ásta when things take a violent turn.
The two women quickly learn: nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands.
Dead Weight
- Publication Date: May 26, 2026
- Genres: Fiction, Horror, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller
- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Tor Nightfire
- ISBN-10: 1250329299
- ISBN-13: 9781250329295


