We Used to Live Here
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Chapter Book · 2024

We Used to Live Here

By Marcus Kliewer

A couple's dream home becomes a nightmare when past residents return, sparking eerie events and disappearances.

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312 pages· 70,939 words
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Charlie and Eve, a couple flipping an old house, welcome a family claiming past residence. As eerie events unfold, their dream home turns into a nightmare. The family's visit triggers a series of inexplicable occurrences, including a missing child and a ghostly presence. When Charlie vanishes, Eve's grip on reality slips. Is the house haunted, or is Eve losing her mind? Discover the chilling truth in this spine-tingling tale of suspense and terror.

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From an author “destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a haunting debut–soon to be a Netflix original movie–about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit. As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in. As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family–or is Eve just imagining things? This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel “is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by a spiral of terror. We Used to Live Here will haunt you even after you have finished it” (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
312
Words
70,939
Audience
Adult
Themes & topics
Books about old housesBooks about supernatural eventsBooks about family secretsBooks about familyBooks about missing persons
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Published
June 18, 2024
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781982198787

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