And that she might be in danger all over again. That, either way, someone - or some thing - doesn't want her here. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself - a place that hints of dark deeds and unexplained happenings.Īs the days pass, Maggie begins to believe that what her father wrote was more fact than fiction. People from the pages of her father's book lurk in the shadows, and locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous. Ghosts, after all, don't exist.īut when she returns to Baneberry Hall to prepare it for sale, her homecoming is anything but warm. She was too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon.

They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the Month deliciously terrifying story.You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.Īlternating between Maggie’s uneasy homecoming and chapters from her father’s book, HOME BEFORE DARK is the story of a house with long-buried secrets and a woman’s quest to uncover them-even if the truth is far more terrifying than any haunting.'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself-a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father.

People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows.

When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father’s death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father’s book. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity-and skepticism. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. USA TODAY * Amazon * Goodreads * NEWSWEEK * publishers WEEKLY *

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager