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A Guest in the House

by E. M. Carroll

A new marriage, an old mystery

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A new marriage, an old mystery

Abby’s marriage to a recently widowed dentist places her in a household already shaped by the death of his first wife. As she tries to settle into life as a wife and stepmother, questions about Sheila’s death unsettle that domestic arrangement and draw Abby into an increasingly consuming mystery. E. M. Carroll presents the story as adult graphic-novel horror, using black-and-white imagery, surreal color, textured artwork, and dramatic lettering. The book’s central tension brings together family life, grief, suspicion, and Abby’s growing fascination with the woman whose place she has taken.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in horror told in graphic-novel form.
  • Readers drawn to mysteries involving marriage, family, and a death surrounded by unanswered questions.
  • Graphic-novel readers interested in visual contrasts between black-and-white and surreal color.

Themes

Marriage and familyGrief and memorySuspicion and mysteryFascination and desire

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Book overview

Winner of the 2024 LA Times Book Prize
Winner of the 2024 Lammy Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comic
New York Times' Notable Book of 2023
Winner of the 2024The Doug Wright Award for Best Book

In E.M. Carroll's haunting adult graphic novel horror story A Guest in the House, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to realize that there's a dark mystery surrounding his former wife's death.

After many lonely years, Abby's just gotten married. She met her new husband--a recently widowed dentist--when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband's first wife, the more things don't add up. And Abby starts to wonder . . . was Sheila's death really by natural causes? As Abby sinks deeper into confusion, Sheila's memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life.

E.M. Carroll's masterful balance of black and white, surreal colors, rich textures, and dramatic lettering is assured to bring this story to life and give readers a chill up their spine as they read.

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