


Of course they did, they weren't expecting to go anytime soon. She just wants to be alone, but unfortunately, when people die they leave things behind that have to be dealt with. There's so much to do, the funeral, the estate, but she doesn't want to be dealing with any of it. She leaves her 5-year old daughter, Poppy with her ex, packs her things and boards a plane. Their parents were killed in an accident. It's like the rug has been ripped out from under her. So, when Louise receives a random call from Mark, she knows the news can't be good and it's not. Otherwise, it's a bit like cats and dogs. They basically only see each other, or talk really, when they are doing things with the rest of the family, like with their Mom, Dad, cousins, Aunts, etc. Louise lives in California, while her brother, Mark, still lives in their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. This story follows Louise Joyner and her brother, Mark.

I can't recall when Grady Hendrix and I had a conversation about everything I would love to see in a Horror novel, but the man must have been taking notes!!! Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.īut some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them… Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past-and your family-can haunt you like nothing else.
