Horror

Devil House

by John Darnielle
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Description

Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Years later, he is a true crime writer, with one grisly success?and a movie adaptation?to his name, along with a series of subsequent less notable efforts. But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: to move into the house where a pair of briefly notorious murders occurred, apparently the work of disaffected teens during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Chandler finds himself in Milpitas, California, a small town whose name rings a bell—his closest childhood friend lived there, once upon a time. He begins his research with diligence and enthusiasm, but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected—back into his own work and what it means, back to the very core of what he does and who he is.

What it’s like

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Details

First published
2022
Pages
416
Reading time
About 8 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Language
English
ISBN
9780374717674
Series
Standalone

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