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The Stranger Upstairs

A Novel

by Lisa M. Matlin
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Most people wouldn’t buy an infamous murder house to renovate for fun . . . but Sarah Slade is not most people.
 
“This debut novel deftly explores our shadows—the dark parts of ourselves we don’t want others to see. I couldn’t stop reading.”—Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat

A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A therapist and self-help writer with all the answers, Sarah has just bought a gorgeous Victorian in the community of her dreams. Turns out you can get a killer deal on a house where someone was murdered. Plus, renovating Black Wood House makes for great blog content and a potent distraction from her failing marriage. Good thing nobody knows that her past is as tainted as the bloodstain on her bedroom floor.
But the renovations are fast becoming a nightmare. Sarah imagined custom avocado wallpaper, massive profits, and an appreciative husband who would want to share her bed again. Instead, the neighbors hate her guts and her husband still sleeps on the couch. And though the builders attempt to cover up Black Wood’s horrifying past, a series of bizarre accidents, threatening notes, and unexplained footsteps in the attic only confirm for Sarah what the rest of the town already knows: Something is very wrong in that house.
With every passing moment, Sarah’s life spirals further out of control—and with it her sense of reality. But as she peels back the curling wallpaper and discovers the house’s secrets, she realizes that the deadly legacy of Black Wood House has only just begun.

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    September 12, 2023

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780593599969

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      • ISBN: 9780593599969
      • File size: 3903 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      August 1, 2023
      Perky social influencer Sarah Slade capitalizes on her wildly successful advice book and career as a therapist with the purchase of the notorious Black Wood House. For reasons that remain murky, she's obsessed with the crumbling mansion where Bill and Susan Campbell died in a gruesome murder-suicide 40 years ago. Sarah's husband, Joe, reluctantly goes along with her ambitious plans to renovate the house, Instagram the process to promote her brand, and turn a tidy profit. But the house has other ideas: wallpaper that refuses to be removed, doors that won't lock, stains and smells and strange sounds. Joe hates it there, much as he has come to hate Sarah. The strain is overwhelming and as her marriage and health deteriorate, bodies pile up in the back yard. As if completing a checklist, Matlin hits all the classic notes of the gothic horror genre in her debut thriller: a malevolent house, intimidating neighbors, slippery identities, lurking shadows, and a heroine whose every choice inspires readers to want to call out, "No! Don't do that!" A spooky, pulse-pounding sleep-robber.

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