Home Before Dark - Riley Sager

Home Before Dark

By Riley Sager

  • Release Date: 2020-06-30
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,118 Ratings

Description

In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?

What was it like? Living in that house.

Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.

Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father's death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.

Reviews

  • Unlikeable characters

    3
    By oechsle1
    Cool and complicated story. Found all characters to be annoying and cheesy.
  • Loved

    5
    By oswald the penguin
    So many twist and turns. Loved it!
  • Fantastic !

    5
    By osamallama
    Man this book was incredible! I couldn’t stop reading it
  • Great!!

    5
    By kaylabeth28
    This was such a good book! I enjoyed the suspense and mystery of it all! I always love how Riley Sager adds her fun little twists in the reading. I was absolutely thrilled reading this book, I especially loved the last couple of chapters how she brought all the answers together. Such a great read.
  • good, not that scary

    4
    By DDdoolittle^£¥•*^%#<€£¥€^%
    it was captivating sure but I was expecting some sleepless nights and all i really got was a little jumpy from little noises. SPOILER SPOILER once it was clear there was no real supernatural stuff going on, it got kinda boring and the small amount of fear i felt went away. SPOILER SPOILER
  • Great read

    5
    By TSheyC
    Very entertaining, twisty and exciting.
  • lame

    2
    By punkybrewstr
    waste of money tbh
  • Fantastic read

    5
    By Jeanivv
    This book was fantastic. Couldn’t put it down.
  • OH MY GOSHHHH

    5
    By Oddrieanne
    This was hands down the best book I’ve ever read. I almost exclusively read psychological thrillers (since 2013) but I wanted something a little more. So when I saw this book described as a psychological thriller and HORROR I was sold. It was a wild ride to say the least. Oh my gosh… I am smiling just writing this and reflecting on the book. I had full body chills towards the end of the story and I often times had to stop reading because I was getting scared haha :) I recommend this book to lovers of psychological thrillers, scary stories and plot twists. And I just want throw in one more “oh my goshhhhh” :-D
  • A+

    5
    By Myork1987
    Suspenseful and fun. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a good mystery.

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