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A review by wye3
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
4.0
So much more than a typical haunting Home Before Dark had an interesting twist. Maggie and her parents Ewan and Jess Holt move into Baneberry Hall, a large, dilapidated Victorian estate in Vermont unusually under-priced. This story may remind you of another famous haunting as the Holts only spent 3 weeks in the home before fleeing in the middle of the night in terror. Sound familiar…
Maggie remembers nothing of her time at the estate, and after the ordeal Maggie’s father, Ewan writes a book (House of Horrors) about the ordeal turning a large profit for the family and making them infamous as he details the paranormal activity, riveling that other famous house haunting.
Maggie became the girl that sees and talks to ghosts and as a result of all the trauma, Maggie’s parents divorced. Maggie only learned of what really happened in those 3-weeks after reading her father’s book at the age of 12. She thought it was all a big lie.
Maggie is all grown up and has created quite a life for herself restoring old homes and flipping them for a profit. Ewan (Maggie’s father) has passed away and left the home to her in his will. This surprises Maggie because to her understanding her father sold the home shortly after they fled. She has not been back since.
Her mother has advised against her returning to Baneberry Hall and tells Maggie to just sell the home, but Maggie knows she can turn a better profit, by fixing it up just enough to sell. So, she does exactly what her mother has advised her against, and she returns.
Maggie has a deadline to flip the home. Get in, assess the damage, hire a crew, and get the bare-bones repairs done quickly. Soon after she moves back into the home (sleeping in her childhood bedroom) to start the necessary repairs, strange things start to unfold around her she gets more than she bargained for.
Memories from the past, the arguments, old mementos, and skeletons in the walls are a bit more than what Maggie has bargained for. She slowly starts to remember as fragments of her time spent at Baneberry become clear.
A murder, Mr. Pennyman, and strange occurrences would make this an experience that Maggie, will never forget.
I enjoyed this book, a house haunting with a “real” twist.
Maggie remembers nothing of her time at the estate, and after the ordeal Maggie’s father, Ewan writes a book (House of Horrors) about the ordeal turning a large profit for the family and making them infamous as he details the paranormal activity, riveling that other famous house haunting.
Maggie became the girl that sees and talks to ghosts and as a result of all the trauma, Maggie’s parents divorced. Maggie only learned of what really happened in those 3-weeks after reading her father’s book at the age of 12. She thought it was all a big lie.
Maggie is all grown up and has created quite a life for herself restoring old homes and flipping them for a profit. Ewan (Maggie’s father) has passed away and left the home to her in his will. This surprises Maggie because to her understanding her father sold the home shortly after they fled. She has not been back since.
Her mother has advised against her returning to Baneberry Hall and tells Maggie to just sell the home, but Maggie knows she can turn a better profit, by fixing it up just enough to sell. So, she does exactly what her mother has advised her against, and she returns.
Maggie has a deadline to flip the home. Get in, assess the damage, hire a crew, and get the bare-bones repairs done quickly. Soon after she moves back into the home (sleeping in her childhood bedroom) to start the necessary repairs, strange things start to unfold around her she gets more than she bargained for.
Memories from the past, the arguments, old mementos, and skeletons in the walls are a bit more than what Maggie has bargained for. She slowly starts to remember as fragments of her time spent at Baneberry become clear.
A murder, Mr. Pennyman, and strange occurrences would make this an experience that Maggie, will never forget.
I enjoyed this book, a house haunting with a “real” twist.