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Incidents Around the House
- Author
- Josh Malerman
- Narrator
- Delanie Nicole Gill
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 26 November 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Soon to be a major motion picture, Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain.
'This is the rare novel that's authentically scary' – Stephen King, the bestselling author of The Shining and IT
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home.
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddy and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: ‘Can I go inside your heart?’
When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.
Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.
But Other Mommy needs an answer.
‘This book is the monster that lives inside your closet’ – Grady Hendrix, author of How to Sell a Haunted House
‘A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine’ – Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts
Listeners are terrified by Incidents Around the House . . .
‘Super creepy and unsettling’
‘I think I've hurt my vocal cords after screaming too much!’
‘Terrifyingly immersive’
‘Probably the scariest thing I’ve ever read’
Critics Review
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This is the rare novel that's authentically scary
Stephen King, the bestselling author of The Shining and It
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Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put – and I do not say this lightly – Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read
Esquire, Best Horror Books of 2024
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A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet
Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
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A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off
Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie
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A masterwork of unadorned existential terror
Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth
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Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect. I call all of his haunted houses home, and this just might be his most devilish design yet
Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters
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This haunting exploration of the perils of childhood is a story that will stay with you for a long time to come
Gwendolyn Kiste, Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Rust Maidens
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This book does worse than stay with you – it stalks you. Page-turning and nerve-burning – don’t read it after dark
Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth and A Light Most Hateful
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Incidents Around the House effortlessly draws the reader in for a deeply unsettling and genuinely frightening read. It’s a masterclass in scares
Brian Keene, bestselling author of End of the Road
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Hereditary meets Skinamarink: one of my favorite books of the year
Sarah Langan, author of A Better World
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Terrifying, beguiling, bewitching, awesomely constructed and a masterpiece of voice and dread
Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings
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So gripping in terror, I couldn’t put it down. This is everything I’m looking for in a horror story
Laurel Hightower, author of Crossroads
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A triumph of craft and suspense
Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home
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A shocker, a modern horror classic that scared the absolute hell out of me
Jonathan Janz, author of Children of the Dark
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Perfectly frightening . . . feels like an otherworldly warning as much as a story
Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House
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One of the most terrifying books I have ever read . . . I promise it will leave your heart pounding
Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hugo Award-winning author of HEX and Oracle
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Incidents Around The House is childhood terror . . . distilled, bottled and served with a smile.
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Details
- Author
- Josh Malerman
- Narrator
- Delanie Nicole Gill
- Duration
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9781035073436
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Occult fiction / Paranormal Horror, Psychological thriller, Ghosts and poltergeists
Synopsis
Soon to be a major motion picture, Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain.'This is the rare novel that's authentically scary' – Stephen King, the bestselling author of The Shining and ITFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home.To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddy and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: ‘Can I go inside your heart?’When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.But Other Mommy needs an answer.‘This book is the monster that lives inside your closet’ – Grady Hendrix, author of How to Sell a Haunted House‘A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine’ – Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of GhostsListeners are terrified by Incidents Around the House . . .‘Super creepy and unsettling’‘I think I've hurt my vocal cords after screaming too much!’‘Terrifyingly immersive’‘Probably the scariest thing I’ve ever read’
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