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Just Like Home

Sarah Gailey

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Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark.

“Come home.”

Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories—she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there, beneath the house he'd built for his family.

Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren’t alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back and is slowly stripping Vera’s childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn’t the one leaving notes around the house in her father’s handwriting… but who else could it possibly be?

There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them and find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.

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Boundless Press\ \ Jananie\ \ • Sep 11 2023

the 40+ books on my fall TBR 🍁🍂 fall book recommendations ☕️

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Haunted House books ↳ a house with good bones ↳ she is a haunting ↳ the hacienda ↳ just like home

Deathly Retellings ↳ a haunting on the hill ↳ the death i gave him ↳ one for my enemy

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Other ↳ my dark vanessa ↳ station eleven ↳ glass hotel ↳ sea of tranquility

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Boundless Press\ \ Jananie\ \ • Oct 14 2022

autumn book haul ☕️🍂

Buckle in for the perfect fall book haul full of dark academias, gothic horrors, slashers, and thrillers. It's a list you don't want to miss for the season! Let me know which I should read first in the comments!

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Boundless Press\ \ Jananie\ \ • Sep 23 2022

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ash.reads.horror\ \ ash\ \ • Feb 22

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