Thank you @littlebrown for the complementary finished copy of Bridge by Lauren Beukes! This was such a WILD read: a creepy thriller not for the faint of heart.
I read her novel The Shining Girls almost a decade ago, and this novel has a similar tone and themes. If you enjoy books with alternate realities/sliding doors/all the possible paths your life could take in a different universe, Bridge took that trope in an unexpected directions: a little horror, a dash of sci-fi, a lot of thriller, with a literary heart thoughtfully exploring mother-daughter relationships.
They are completely different, but I was reminded of how I felt reading Mexican Gothic. Which, funny enough, is mentioned in Bridge as a book one of the characters is reading! I would absolutely recommend both, and they would be perfect for creepy October reads.