The House That Horror Built

by Christina Henry

Book Overview

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman.

Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not a total coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding graystone Chicago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as well as glittering awards from his career making films that thrilled audiences--until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry.

Javier values discretion, and Harry has always tried to clean the house immaculately, keep her head down, and keep her job safe--she needs the money to support her son. But then she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door. Noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help, even though Javier lives alone and never has visitors. Harry knows that not asking questions is a vital part of working for Javier, but she soon finds that the sinister house may be home to secrets she can't ignore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593638212
• ISBN13: 9780593638217
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Disappointing

This was one of the most boring, predictable books I've read in a long time. I'd say from about the third or fourth chapter I knew what was going to happen but kept going in the hopes my expectations would be subverted. I wouldn't even say the plot of a novel being predictable is a bad thing, Delilah S. Dawson writes very predictable books but I find them to be intensely satisfying. This story was not satisfying. It's a shame because I found Harry to be a very compelling character; growing up poorer than dirt myself, I related to Harry on an emotional level. Harry is the whole reason I'm rating this story at a 2.5. In short, a disappointment. But probably a good story if you don't read that much horror/mystery. Also Daniel seemed to be a character stand in for the character actor Doug Jones whose work I really enjoy so shout out to Daniel too actually. (Even though he seemed kind of hero worship-y of Javier Castillo who seemed to be a stand in for Guillermo Del Toro and idk exactly what Christina Henry was trying to say with that and idk if I like it.)