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The Caretaker

by Marcus Kliewer

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A three-day job with stakes beyond the property line

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    Instant New York Times Bestseller

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A three-day job with stakes beyond the property line

Macy Mullins takes a short-term caretaking job at a stranger’s house on the Oregon coast, motivated by the need to support herself and her younger sister. The isolated setting and the job’s unusual requirements shift the story from an uneasy work arrangement toward supernatural horror, with a threat that may reach beyond the house. The premise links everyday pressures—rent, groceries, and scarce work—to a situation framed as a danger to humanity, giving the novel’s horror a domestic starting point and far-reaching stakes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy supernatural horror rooted in an isolated setting.
  • Readers interested in horror premises that connect financial pressure and family responsibility with escalating danger.

Themes

IsolationEconomic pressureFamily responsibilitySupernatural threat

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Book overview

Instant New York Times Bestseller

Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

From Marcus Kliewer, a new "titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater--and more dangerous--than she ever could have imagined.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.

Macy Mullins can't say why the job posting grabbed her attention--it had the pull of a fisherman's lure, barbed hook and all--vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.

Besides, it's only three days' work...

Three days, cooped up in a stranger's house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.

What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An unspeakable evil may dwell on this property--and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

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