Beneath the Stairs: A Novel
Jennifer Fawcett
3.60 · 10 ratings · Published: 22 Feb 2022
Few in sleepy Sumner’s 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 there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did.
Twenty years later, an adult Clare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to lose and still grieving after a personal tragedy, Clare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for Abby’s accident.
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- horror 3
- mystery 3
- paranormal 3
- suspense 3
- ghosts 2
- haunted places 2
- spooky 2
- supernatural 2
- psychological 1
- crime 1
- female mc 1
- friendship 1
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- audiobook 2
- book 1
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- suicide / suicidal ideation 2