Beneath the Stairs

In this spine-tingling,atmospheric ΓÇ£nail-biter of a novelΓÇ¥ (Shelf Awareness)a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at an alleged haunted houseΓÇöthe same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago. Few in sleepy SumnerΓÇÖs Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters therea shockinggruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer nightan emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friendAbbyventured into the Octagon House. Clare came outbut a piece of Abby never did. Twenty years laterClare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to loseClare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for ruining their lives. A ΓÇ£spellbinding horror storywhere the terror comes not from ghostsbut from the haunted places we find within ourselvesΓÇ¥ (Elizabeth Brundageauthor of The Vanishing Point)Beneath the Stairs is perfect for fans of Jennifer McMahonSimone St. Jamesand Chris Bohjalian.