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THE HOUSE NEXT DOORHow 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. Read more
