by Sarah Langan
First published 2009
Audrey Lucas finds the perfect apartment at the Breviary, an elegant Upper West Side building with a dark reputation. The rent for 14B seems too good to be true, and it is. A recent tragedy scared off other renters, but Audrey needs this place. At thirty-two, she has survived her father's absence and her mother's dementia. She refuses to let New York crush her like it does so many others. But something goes wrong after she moves in. Dark visions plague her nights. A voice whispers commands she cannot ignore. It tells her to build a door, and the compulsion grows stronger each day. Audrey must decide whether supernatural forces are targeting her or if her own mind is breaking apart. Either way, the voice will not stop, and the door demands to be built. Opening it might destroy everything, but Audrey may not have a choice.
Genres: mystery, horror, supernatural, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: supernatural-compulsion, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Breviary, Upper West Side
Period: 21st-century
412 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Harper
Content warnings: mental-illness