The House Next Door - Couverture souple

Linss, Randy

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798235023635

Editeur : Randy Linss, 2026

Synopsis

THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR

How do you escape a killer you've only met in your dreams?

For former city attorney Suzie Rodgers, returning to her isolated hometown was supposed to be a chance to rebuild. Carrying the quiet scars of a failed marriage and a collapsed career, she throws herself into the grueling, physical work of caring for her ailing mother and renovating the vacant house next door. It's a house with a dark history. Its elderly owner, Mrs. Gable, was recently the victim of a brutal, blood-drenched burglary gone wrong.

But as physical exhaustion takes its toll, Suzie's nights turn hostile. She is pursued through her sleep by a towering, faceless shadow, culminating in a terrifying, hyper-realistic dream where she drinks tea with the dead widow while a cold-eyed man watches from the corner of the room. When she wakes to find her bed soaked in blood and a frantic warning painted on her wall, her mind snaps. The doctors call it a severe breakdown brought on by caregiver burnout, and she is sent away to a convalescent home.

Two weeks later, Suzie returns, fragile but determined to leave her hallucinations behind. But the moment she pulls into the driveway, her blood runs cold.

The friendly new tenant who has just leased the murder house next door is the exact, cold-eyed man from her nightmare.

Caught in a perfect psychological trap, Suzie knows she can't call the police. To the local sheriff, she is just an unstable woman who spent two weeks in an asylum. If she speaks the truth, they will lock her right back up.

Left entirely on her own, Suzie must use her sharp legal mind to conduct a secret, high-stakes investigation of her new neighbor. But as a violent autumn storm rolls over the ridge and cuts the power, the boundary between her nightmares and her waking life collapses entirely. The game is over, the house is dark, and the man from her dreams is crossing the driveway.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

From the time he played his first Little League Baseball game, Randy thought he'd found his calling. He would become a Major League Baseball player, a pitcher for the Cardinals.

Well, we all know dreams don't always come true. As much as we might love something, it might not always be the path for us. Rather than giving up, maybe we just need to switch to a different dream.

Although Randy Linss has loved to create stories ever since reading "The Dick & Jayne" classics in first-grade reading class, his first published book didn't come until retirement. That's a lot of time to mull around stories in his mind.

Once his first book was published, there was no stopping him! Raised in Missouri's Ozarks, he has based much of his writing on his childhood experiences. In retirement, he lives a quiet life near the shores of Truman Lake in Clinton, Missouri, where he enjoys cooking, hiking, bicycling, and photography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Randy Linss
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798235023635
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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