Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unpaved Surfaces | 2015 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
| 2 | Need To Find You | 2016 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
| 3 | The Neighbor | 2018 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
| 4 | Pray for the Girl | 2019 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
| 5 | The Perfect Daughter | 2020 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
| 6 | The Anchorman’s Wife | 2023 | Joseph Souza | Buy |
Joseph Souza’s standalone novels represent his shift from horror and science fiction into domestic suspense. Starting with Unpaved Surfaces in 2015, these books focus on small-town settings where neighbors keep dangerous secrets and families hide ugly truths behind closed doors.
His later standalones, published through Kensington, found a wider audience. The Neighbor (2018) and Pray for the Girl (2019) both take place in tight-knit communities where an outsider’s arrival triggers a chain of revelations. The Perfect Daughter (2020) centers on a mother and her troubled teenage daughter in a story about identity and deception. The Anchorman’s Wife (2023) is his most recent, bringing the same tension to the world of local television news. Each book works on its own and can be read in any order.