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We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer

A house with an unsettled past

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A house with an unsettled past

Charlie and Eve, a couple who renovate houses, have barely begun work on their new home when a family claiming to have lived there asks to look around. Eve lets them in, and the visit gives way to missing-child and ghostly occurrences, while the family’s refusal to leave compounds the unease. When Charlie disappears, the story’s central uncertainty sharpens: whether the house and its visitors conceal something sinister, or whether Eve’s perception is failing. The domestic setting turns a seemingly ordinary request into the source of a suspenseful, supernatural mystery.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking supernatural suspense rooted in a domestic setting.
  • Those interested in stories about unsettling visitors, haunted houses, and uncertainty about what is real.
  • Readers of adult fiction thrillers with an eerie premise.

Themes

Home and belongingUncanny domestic spacesPerception and realityUnwelcome intrusion

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Book overview

From an author "destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a haunting debut--soon to be a Netflix original movie--about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit.

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can't believe the killer deal they've just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they're working in the house one day, there's a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family's youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can't seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family--or is Eve just imagining things?

This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel "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" (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).
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