Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Thriller / suspense fiction

WE USED TO LIVE HERE

Marcus Kliewer

Marcus Kliewer's psychological/supernatural thriller, originally published as a novella, now expanded into a full novel.

In WE USED TO LIVE HERE, Eve gets a knock at her door while her girlfriend Charlie is at work. It's a husband, wife and kids. Something is a bit off about them, and the man says he once lived in the house and wants to take a look around. Eve is just getting used to the old house herself and reluctantly agrees. Things get progressively stranger and ominous as a snowstorm strands the visitors. Eve can't get rid of them, and winds up sorry she ever opened the door as events progress...

WE USED TO LIVE HERE has already been optioned by Netflix, with Blake Lively attached to star.

Available products
Book Published 2024-06-18 by Emily Bestler Books
Book Published 2024-06-01 by Emily Bestler Books

Comments

Fans of the surging horror genre will think twice about opening the door when somebody knocks. A frighteningly good debut.

WE USED TO LIVE HERE has already been optioned by Netflix, with Blake Lively attached to star! Read more...

A young couple's house-flipping hobby turns dangerous in Kliewer's devilish debut. Eve Palmer is alone in the remote Pacific Northwest mansion she and her girlfriend, Charlie, are renovating, when she hears a knock on the door. She opens it to find the Faust family: patriarch Thomas; his wife, Paige; and their three severe-looking children. Thomas explains to Eve that he used to live in the house and would like to show his family around. Despite her misgivings, Eve invites them in, privately hoping the more forthright Charlie will arrive and interrupt the nostalgia tour. When Charlie does show up, a heavy snowstorm follows her, stranding everyone. What begins as mildly uncomfortable grows full-tilt terrifying as one of the Faust children goes missing, Thomas starts calling Eve "Emma," and Charlie seems to transform into a different person entirely. Kliewer nods to the book's origin as a series of Reddit posts by supplementing the main narrative with "documents" examining the paranormal "Old House" phenomenon (which posits certain abandoned buildings connect to a paranormal force), transcripts from subjects who've experienced it, and internet conspiracy theories about its legitimacy. Stringing the whole thing together is Kliewer's gift for atmosphere and wicked sense of humor. This is a winner.