Home Is Where the Bodies Are
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times and USA Today bestseller
From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.
After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.
While going through their parents’ belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.
Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this riveting thriller, a woman must sift through the darkness of her family’s past sins. For Beth, it all begins when her dying mother’s last words seem to imply that there was more to her father’s disappearance seven years earlier than she realized. Soon, Beth is joined by her brother Michael (who’s hugely successful in tech) and sister Nicole (who’s struggling with drug addiction), so the three can piece together the horrifying truth. With POVs that hop from sibling to sibling, author Jeneva Rose takes the family through shocking twists as they navigate their shared mystery. And through it all, she explores clever themes about just how the desire to protect our loved ones can drive some to justify the unthinkable. As both a family drama and a nail-biting thriller, this story will chill you to the bone.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Secrets await when the late Laura Thomas's adult children return to the rural community of Allen's Grove, Wis., to settle her estate in the taut if occasionally far-fetched latest from bestseller Rose (You Shouldn't Have Come Here). Dutiful eldest sibling Beth feels drained from juggling her factory job with caring for her cancer-stricken mother, whose husband disappeared seven years earlier. Meanwhile, strung-out middle child Nicole is fighting a losing battle with addiction, and Michael, the youngest, is a tech entrepreneur in California who wants as little as possible to do with the rest of his family. As the trio, who take turns narrating, sort through Laura's belongings, they stumble across a smoking gun: a 1999 VHS tape showing their bloodied father, a dead body, and their distraught mother agreeing to help dispose of it. Unsure what to do about the discovery, the squabbling siblings agree that Beth and Nicole will start sleuthing, and they'll formulate a decision based on their findings. In short order, someone breaks into the house, Laura's diaries reveal a spate of chilling clues, and the siblings begin to see their parents in a new, unflattering light. Though a few of the plot twists strain credulity, Rose demonstrates a formidable command of character. The author's fans will enjoy the ride.
