Home Before Dark: A Novel

THE INSTANT|NEW YORK TIMES|BESTSELLER One of|USA Today|'s Best Books of 2020 A haunted house storywith a twist.[Sager] does not hold back(|Rolling Stone|) in this chilling thriller from the author of|Final Girls|and|Survive the Night|.||||Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share.||Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her father recounted in a memoir called|House of Horrors|. His story of supernatural happenings and malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling|The Amityville Horror|in popularityand skepticism. Maggie was too young to remember any of the horrific events that supposedly took place, and as an adult she doesnt believe a word of her fathers claims. Ghosts, after all, dont exist. When she inherits Baneberry Hall after his death and returns to renovate the place and sell it, her homecoming is anything but warm. The locals arent thrilled that their small town has been made infamous, and human characters with starring roles in|House of Horrors|are waiting in the shadows.   Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itselfa place where unsettling whispers of the past lurk around every corner. And as Maggie starts to experience strange occurrences ripped from the pages of her fathers book, the truth she uncovers about the houses dark history will challenge everything she believes.