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The House by the Cemetery

by Lisa Childs
Leah Horowitz
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In Gold Creek, Michigan, legend has it that the ghost of a local grave digger still walks the cemetery, swinging his shovel, looking for his next victim to bury. But when the town's wealthy undertaker dies, his estranged daughter must contend with the ghosts that haunt her own family ...
After she left home at seventeen, River swore she would never return to Gold Creek.
Growing up at the Gold Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens was a nightmare. Classmates constantly teased her for being part of the "Ghoul" family, while her own family denied that she was actually one of them. Her father, undertaker Gregory Gold, certainly never acted like a loving parent. He was far more interested in profiting off other people's tragedies. But now Gregory has died. And River has surrendered to the pleas of her mother, Fiona, that she come back for his funeral.
But the mourning period is cut short when it's revealed that Gregory died of poisoning—and Fiona is the number one suspect in his murder. Clearly, Fiona, his third wife and the funeral home's cosmetologist, is being framed. There are plenty of more-likely suspects, and River is determined to prove her mother's innocence. That she'll have to work with the sheriff—her high school enemy—is a small price to pay.
With a fortune at stake, River is sure the killer lies among Gregory's first two wives and their children and grandchildren. Yet soon, other discoveries will be made, and longstanding secrets unearthed. But when more people are murdered, the danger hits closer to home than River imagined possible. Drawn back into the lives—and lies—of the Golds, she'll have to use her every resource to keep herself, and her loved ones, safe.

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    August 20, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9798892737401
      • File size: 251451 KB
      • Duration: 08:43:51

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 23, 2024
      Childs (the Bane Island novels) launches a new series with this tense and atmospheric whodunit. The Gold family’s funeral home in Gold Creek, Mich., has remained prosperous despite an urban legend that its cemetery is haunted by a gravedigger’s ghost. Just before dying, Gregory Gold, 85, comes face-to-face with that legend; after being paralyzed by poison, which he suspects was administered by a family member, he sees a light in the graveyard and hears the sounds of digging. Gregory’s death leads his daughter, River, to break her vow never to return to Gold Creek after running away as a teen. After River arrives, she gets caught up in an inquiry into her father’s death led by newly elected sheriff Luke Sebastian, who won the position despite having no investigative experience. Scenes from the unnamed killer’s perspective ratchet up the suspense. Despite the large cast, many of whom have complicated backstories, Childs never takes her foot off the gas, ushering the mystery toward a genuinely thrilling conclusion. Readers will be hungry for the sequel. Agent: Michelle Grajkowski, Three Seas Literary.

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