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A Home For Unusual Monsters, Kairos Files #2


The cover of A Home For Unusual Monsters shows Sam Osborne standing in front of a creepy house with the shadows of monsters on the other side
Cover Design by Carol Ly Cover Art by Julian Callos

February 2025

A girl who has spent her life in disguise tackles a mission that uncovers lies and surprises around every corner. Nothing is as it seems in the next cozily creepy monster mystery from acclaimed author Shaun David Hutchinson.

Sam Osborne may have helped her new friend Hector Griggs save St. Lawrence’s Catholic School for Boys from a terrifying monster, but she is still trying to prove herself as a member of Kairos, the secretive and shadowy government agency devoted to investigating the strange and unusual. And her unique ability to control how others see her makes her the perfect agent…if she can learn to play by Kairos’ rules.

Her next mission? Use her powers of disguise to infiltrate the family of a former agent to find top secret information about monsters hiding in plain sight. But even though Sam is well versed in deception, she may not be prepared for the web of secrets she uncovers. Especially since she may not be the only one pretending to be someone—or something—she’s not. And once the clues are unraveled and the truth is revealed, the monsters she’s searching for might just be closer to home…

A Home For Unusual Monsters, the second book in the Kairos Files, is a book for middle grade readers published by Labyrinth Road, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Content Advisory


A Home For Unusual Monsters contains the following:

  • Bullying
  • Violence
  • Death of Family

Where to Buy


Indie Bound.
Apple Books.
Barnes and Noble.
Books-A-Million.
Indigo.
Amazon.