Synopses & Reviews
From the American Book Award winner and author of "one of the most talked about debuts in the horror field since the advent of Stephen King"
(Publishers Weekly) comes a terrifying story of supernatural suspense, as a woman searches for the inherited power that can save her hometown from evil forces.
Tananarive Due's first three novels gained her legions of dedicated fans who recognize a true master of the genre. Now she returns with her best yet -- a chilling story set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The house Angela Toussaint's late grandmother owned is so beloved that townspeople in Sacajawea, Washington, call it the Good House. But is it?
Angela hoped her grandmother's famous "healing magic" could save her failing marriage while she and her family lived in the old house the summer of 2001. Instead, an unexpected tragedy ripped Angela's family apart.
Now, two years later, Angela is moving past her grief and taking control of her life as a talent agent in Los Angeles, and she is finally ready to revisit the rural house she loved so much as a child. Back in Sacajawea, Angela realizes she hasn't been the only one to suffer a shocking loss. Since she left, there have been more senseless tragedies, and Angela wonders if they are related somehow. Could the events be linked to a terrifying entity Angela's grandmother battled in 1929? Did her teenage son, Corey, reawaken something that should have been left sleeping?
With the help of Myles Fisher, her high school boyfriend, and clues from beyond the grave, Angela races to solve a deadly puzzle that has followed her family for generations. She must summon her own hidden gifts to face the timeless adversary stalking her in her grandmother's house -- and in the Washington woods.
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"Due handles the potentially unwieldy elements of her novel with confidence...interjecting powerfully orchestrated moments of supernatural horror that sustain the tale's momentum....[She] grows better with each book." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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"Due keeps richly packed and layered description alive with lines of suspense laid through each marbled paragraph....Spread the good juju. Due weaves a stronger net than ever." Kirkus Reviews
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"Only one problem: [Angela's] relationships...are so real and engaging that the magical elements seem intrusive and, at times, silly. (Grade: B)" Jennifer Armstrong, Entertainment Weekly
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"[A] cleverly plotted tale of possession and magic gone awry....A weak ending somewhat mars this great, old-fashioned, haunted-house story..." Library Journal
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"Tananarive Due is a writer with something to say to everyone, and The Good House is her most eloquent, impassioned, thrilling book yet. This is the work of a great storyteller who has come fully into the center of her magnificent talent." Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and co-author of Black House
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"A subtle tale of terror. Tananarive Due is a powerful storyteller with a rich social agenda." Graham Joyce, author of The Facts of Life and The Tooth Fairy
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"Long one of the reigning icons of suspense, with The Good House Tananarive completes the near impossible: she outdoes even herself. [She] delivers a novel that is as haunting as it is humanistic. Long time fans can look forward to a welcome return. New readers are in for a great beginning." John Ridley, author of A Conversation with the Mann
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"Shiveringly good. Due has an unflinching way with the terrors that can beset the nuclear family, and with the love and honesty, can heal it." Nalo Hopkinson, author of Midnight Robber
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"When it comes to suspense, Tananarive Due has no equal. The Good House is as packed with thrills as it is well-written...another winner!" Valerie Wilson Wesley, author of the Tamara Hayle mysteries
About the Author
Tananarive Due is a former feature writer and columnist for the
Miami Herald and the author of
The Living Blood, My Soul to Keep, The Between, and a historical novel,
The Black Rose. A former lifelong Floridian, she now lives in Longview, Washington, with her husband, novelist Steven Barnes.