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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Horror & supernatural 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.

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

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

This book 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.

Full of unease and stomach-churning dread, WE USED TO LIVE HERE creeps up to you like a sly shadow. I wanted to look away. I absolutely could not. Marcus Kliewer is destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling. Read this with every single light on.

There is a feeling that a small number of books conjure. It can be distilled to: Oh god, something ain't right here. Their hallmark is a creeping, unaccountable, jangly dread that seeps into their pages until you almost wish you could stop readingbut of course, it's too late. You're in its grip. WE USED TO LIVE HERE is one of those rare books.

WE USED TO LIVE HERE is a gem of contemporary horror that explores the places we call home with deft and terrifying command that will leave you shaken long after turning the final page.

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

Inventive and genuinely scary, WE USED TO LIVE HERE is the most impressive horror debut I've read in a long time. Marcus Kliewer is a talent to watch.

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.

Kliewer's debut is an atmospheric nightmare in all the best ways.