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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2387 KP) rated Death by Haunted House in Books

Aug 17, 2022

A Haunted Flashback

This novella flashes back ten years to 2009 and a time when series protagonist Hayley Powell was still married. A new family has moved to town and moved in next door to Hayley and her young family into a long-abandoned house that is rumored to be haunted. When they move in, they are unfriendly and obviously keeping secrets, and Hayley’s husband, Danny, is certain that they are hiding something. When a dead body turns up in the woods behind their neighborhood, Danny is certain they are involved. Is he right?

I found the story here very entertaining, although I did guess a couple plot points early. Still, the solution to the mystery was a surprise, and I had to laugh at some of the events along the way. On the other hand, I found Danny extremely selfish and annoying, and Hayley does something extremely stupid, with is ironic since she complains about Danny’s behavior at times.

NOTE: This story is a novella, roughly 100 pages, and was originally part of the novella collection Haunted House Murder. If you have that book, there is no need to buy this ebook. If you haven’t read the story, now is the time to sit back and enjoy this Halloween trip to Maine.

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Lou Grande (148 KP) rated The Sick House in Books

Jun 12, 2018

The Sick House

Jeff Strand | 2018 | Horror

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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Fun haunted house story

Strand has the unique ability to make the horrific funny. SICK HOUSE goes from zero to sixty in about thirty pages and then never lets up. Beyond that, his characters are flawed but likeable--an increasingly rare phenomenon in horror. And it never seems forced, nor does he rely on cheap thrills and cliches. I love it.

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Katherine Center recommended The Widow of Rose in Books (curated)

The Widow of Rose

Diana Biller | 2019 | Romance

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"For when you need a ghost-story romance I just...fell in love with this book. It’s a historical romance set around the restoration of a haunted house with some serious Edith Wharton vibes. But it’s the characters that got me. Our unfairly maligned heroine and our absentminded professor hero are people you can’t help but adore—and root for."

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