The Stranger Upstairs : A Novel

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Most people wouldnt buy an infamous murder house to renovate for fun . . . but Sarah Slade is not most people. This debut novel deftly explores our shadowsthe dark parts of ourselves we dont want others to see. I couldnt stop reading.Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Writing RetreatA POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA 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 Woods 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, Sarahs life spirals further out of controland with it her sense of reality. But as she peels back the curling wallpaper and discovers the houses secrets, she realizes that the deadly legacy of Black Wood House has only just begun.