Home Before Dark: Clever twisty spine-chilling Ruth Ware
By Riley Sager

Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the MonthWhat was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir calledand House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon.Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death. She was too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she doesn't believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don't exist.But when she returns to Baneberry Hall to prepare it for sale, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the pages of her father's book lurk in the shadows, and locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself - a place that hints of dark deeds and unexplained happenings.As the days pass, Maggie begins to believe that what her father wrote was more fact than fiction. That, either way, someone - or somethingand - doesn't want her here. And that she might be in danger all over again . . .THE INSTANTand NEW YORK TIMESand BESTSELLEROne of . . .Huff Post's "10 Of The Most Anticipated Book Releases Of June 2020" -and Good Housekeeping's "The 35 Best Books of 2020 to Add to Your Reading List" -and Travel + Leisure's "20 Most Anticipated Summer 2020 Books" -and PopSugar's 17 Most Anticipated Summer Thrillers -and Working Mother's "The 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020" -and Newsweek's 20 most anticipated summer reads -and Publishers Weekly's "Summer Reads 2020" -and BookPage's "2020 Most Anticipated Thrillers and Mysteries" - Today.com's "16 highly anticipated summer reads" -and The Star Tribune's "Great Escapes" summer reads -and BookPage's "Private Eye July" -and USA Today's"Summer reading guide: 20 new books you won't want to miss" -and CrimeReadsand "10 New Books Coming Out This Week" -and Buzzfeedand "17 New Thrillers That Will Keep Your Summer Exciting" - The Everygirl "30 Books That Should Be on Your Summer Reading List."