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Synopsis
Built by a madwoman during the Victorian era, Lake House is a 160-room mansion in the Adirondacks with stairways that lead nowhere, bizarre rooms designed to distort the senses, endless series of mazelike halls—and a century-long history of violent deaths. Lauren Montgomery, her son Garrett, and her new rock star husband Stephen Ransom have just arrived at Lake House, anticipating a long and relaxing summer. But what they don't know is that their rental home is actually a labyrinthine puzzle at whose center lurks something unspeakably evil . . .
Night Things: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This horror novel contains strong violence, disturbing deaths spanning a century, supernatural evil targeting a family including a child, and intense psychological terror within a malevolent Victorian mansion designed to trap and distort reality.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, gore, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens 18+ who love atmospheric horror will be gripped by this haunted house mystery where a family must survive a deadly labyrinth hiding ancient evil.