First published 2023
Nya needs just one more semester to finish college and escape the decrepit house she rents. The place will do for now, even if it's falling apart. Then her food starts disappearing. Someone searches through her things while she's away. At night, her door handle turns and rattles. Her possessions appear in different places each morning. Nya knows no outsider is breaking in. The culprit has to be Sidney, her peculiar roommate who moved in because neither can afford rent alone. Nya has nowhere else to go, so she's stuck with whatever Sidney has planned. The harassment grows worse than stolen snacks and moved objects. Nya fears for her safety now. She must discover what Sidney really wants before it's too late. When she learns the truth, it's worse than anything she imagined. Her situation careens toward disaster, and surviving each night becomes her only goal.
Genres: suspense, mystery, horror, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-thriller
Vibes: claustrophobic, dark, suspenseful, tension-filled, unsettling
Tropes: forced-proximity, gaslighting, trapped-situation, unreliable-roommate
Setting: rental-house, college
Period: contemporary
339 pages · Paperback · Macmillan
Content warnings: abuse, emotional-abuse, gaslighting