The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

A single mother working in the Gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry.

Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not totally a coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding greystone Chicago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes as well as glittering awards from his career making horror films that thrilled audiences—until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry.

Javier values discretion, and Harry has always tried to clean the house immaculately, keep her head down, and keep her job safe—she needs the money to support her son. But then she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door. Noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help, even though Javier lives alone and never has visitors. Harry knows that not asking questions is a vital part of keeping her job, but she soon finds that the sinister house may be home to secrets she can't ignore.

• Paperback
• ISBN: 9798217193240
• 336 pages
• Published by Berkley

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