by Todd Ritter
First published 2021
Maggie Holt comes back to Baneberry Hall with renovation plans and a skeptical mind. The Victorian estate made her father famous through his memoir about supernatural terrors within its walls. Maggie never believed those stories. She sees old wood, peeling paint, and structural problems that money can fix. The locals watch her with suspicious eyes. Strange events begin to echo the incidents her father described in his book. Whispers drift through empty rooms. Objects move without explanation. The house seems to remember its own dark past and wants to share those memories with its new owner. Maggie must dig into Baneberry Hall's history while questioning everything she thought she knew about the paranormal. Her father's claims suddenly feel less like fiction and more like warning. The renovation becomes a race to understand the truth before the house claims another victim. Maggie faces a choice between her rational worldview and the mounting evidence that some places hold onto their secrets with deadly force.
Genres: suspense, mystery, horror, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Vermont (United States)
416 pages · Paperback · Dutton