**From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary
horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief,
twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha
Christie.
**Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move
from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine
where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind
North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone
. . . and more tormented.
As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new
home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She
steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the
resident "bad seed," struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in
response. Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her
childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the
"storage room" her mom has kept locked isn't for storage at all -- it's
a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty
of inhabitants as it appears . . .
Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more . . . horrid?