Home Before Dark
by Riley Sager
Published by Dutton Books
on June 30th, 2020
Genre: Adult, Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Length: 384 pages
Synopsis:
In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father's bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound--and dangerous--secrets hidden within its walls?
In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father's bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound--and dangerous--secrets hidden within its walls?
My Thoughts:
I think this might be my favorite read so far this year!
Ghost stories and haunted houses have always been my jam but I've also really been enjoying murder mystery thrillers lately and this is both!
Maggie Holt doesn't remember what happened at Baneberry Hall before her family fled the house when she was five years old, never to return again, but she's pretty sure the bestselling 'true ghost story' her father wrote about their 'experience' is complete bull. When her father dies and leaves her the house, Maggie decides to go back, not only to fix it up to sell but also to prove the book wrong. She soon finds that the book just may be rooted in fact and there may be ghosts after all.
Ghost stories and haunted houses have always been my jam but I've also really been enjoying murder mystery thrillers lately and this is both!
Maggie Holt doesn't remember what happened at Baneberry Hall before her family fled the house when she was five years old, never to return again, but she's pretty sure the bestselling 'true ghost story' her father wrote about their 'experience' is complete bull. When her father dies and leaves her the house, Maggie decides to go back, not only to fix it up to sell but also to prove the book wrong. She soon finds that the book just may be rooted in fact and there may be ghosts after all.
This suspenseful mash-up of murder mystery and paranormal haunting has alternating chapters between Maggie Holt as an adult returning to the famous haunted house and the book her father wrote, 'House of Horrors'. I loved that we get to read the ghost story along with the MC's present-day return to the house that inspired the book her father wrote. Together, they wove a suspenseful and spooky murder mystery with tons of twists and turns that had me reading late into the night.
I definitely recommend this if you're looking for a great read for Spooky Season!
I definitely recommend this if you're looking for a great read for Spooky Season!
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