Incidents Around the House: An insidious haunted house classic

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'This book is the monster that lives inside your closet' - Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There's Mommy, Daddy and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: 'Can I go inside your heart' When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay. Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents' marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel. But Other Mommy needs an answer. 'A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off' - Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie

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Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put and I do not say this lightly Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read -- Esquire,Best Horror Books of 2024
A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet -- Grady Hendrix,New York Timesbestselling author ofHow to Sell a Haunted House
A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off -- Paul Tremblay, author ofThe Cabin at the End of the WorldandHorror Movie
A masterwork of unadorned existential terror -- Zoje Stage,USA Todaybestselling author ofBaby Teeth
Josh Malerman is such an insidiousarchitect. I call all of his haunted houses home, and this just might be his most devilish design yet -- ClayMcLeodChapman, author ofWhat Kind of MotherandGhost Eaters
This haunting exploration of the perils of childhood is a story that will stay with you for a long time to come -- Gwendolyn Kiste, Lambda Literary and Bram Stoker Awardwinning author ofReluctant ImmortalsandThe Rust Maidens
This book does worse than stay with you it stalks you. Page-turning and nerve-burning dont read it after dark -- Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Awardwinning author of Queen of Teeth and A Light Most Hateful
Incidents Around the House effortlessly draws the reader in for a deeply unsettling and genuinely frightening read. Its a masterclass in scares -- Brian Keene, bestselling author of End of the Road
Hereditary meets Skinamarink: one of my favorite books of the year -- Sarah Langan, author of A Better World
Terrifying, beguiling, bewitching, awesomely constructed and a masterpiece of voice and dread -- Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings
So gripping in terror, I couldnt put it down. This is everything I'm looking for in a horror story -- Laurel Hightower, author of Crossroads
This book has actual jump scares! Trust me: daytime only in a room with no closets -- Sadie Hartmann, author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before Youre Murdered
This is what great horror does: Read it and it will never leave you. Josh Malerman is one of the best -- Thomas Tessier, award-winning author of The Nightwalker, Rapture, and Fog Heart
A triumph of craft and suspense -- Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home
A shocker, a modern horror classic that scared the absolute hell out of me -- Jonathan Janz, author of Children of the Dark
Perfectly frightening . . . feels like an otherworldly warning as much as a story -- Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House
One of the most terrifying books I have ever read . . . I promise it will leave your heart pounding -- Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hugo Awardwinning author of HEX and Oracle

Author Bio

Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer-songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Daphne, Pearl, Spin a Black Yarn, and Malorie, the sequel to Bird Box. Malerman lives in Michigan with his fiance, the artist-musician Allison Laakko.