Bath Haus
A Thriller
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4.3 • 329 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award • A scintillating thriller with an emotional punch: “The tension builds to unbearably claustrophobic levels. To say more would rob readers of the 'no, he didn’t' suspense that makes Bath Haus an unexpectedly twisted, heart-pounding cat-versus-mouse thriller" (Los Angeles Times).
Oliver Park, a recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they've made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn't be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it's a line crossed. Inside, he follows a man into a private room, and it's the final line. Whatever happens next, Nathan can never know. But then, everything goes wrong, terribly wrong, and Oliver barely escapes with his life.
He races home in full-blown terror as the hand-shaped bruise grows dark on his neck. The truth will destroy Nathan and everything they have together, so Oliver does the thing he used to do so well: he lies.
What follows is a classic runaway-train narrative, full of the exquisite escalations, edge-of-your-seat thrills, and oh-my-god twists. P. J. Vernon's Bath Haus is perfect for readers curious for their next must-read novel.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Desire can be as powerful as any drug. As this white-hot thriller proves, it can also be just as deadly. Oliver Park has everything he could want in life, including a monogamous partner he’s crazy about. But one fateful night, Oliver gives himself over to the temptation of a gay bathhouse and gets tangled in a web of lies that puts more than just his relationship in danger. P. J. Vernon’s tightly woven prose hooked us right away, pulling us into Oliver’s increasingly desperate and paranoid mind. Twisty and breathless, Bath Haus is the hair-raising queer thriller we’ve been waiting for.
Customer Reviews
Haus
Finally an exciting thriller with gay characters. A real page turner as others have said. Two things: don’t read the Publishers Weekly review. It gives WAY too much of the plot away. And if, like me after the first few chapters, you stiffen your spine thinking this is some kind of regressive ‘80s Fatal Attraction cautionary tale about the dangers of straying from monogamy, well, keep reading.
Wow
Was hard to put down. Full of twists and turns, suspenseful and horrifying.
But uneven narration
Book is an ok thriller with some serious themes. But it took a while before it propelled me.