A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.“Mom seems off.”
Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.
She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam’s excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out.
But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn’t what it used to be. Gone is the warm, cluttered charm her mom is known for; now the walls are painted a sterile white. Her mom jumps at the smallest noises and looks over her shoulder even when she’s the only person in the room. And when Sam steps out back to clear her head, she finds a jar of teeth hidden beneath the magazine-worthy rose bushes, and vultures are circling the garden from above.
To find out what’s got her mom so frightened in her own home, Sam will go digging for the truth. But some secrets are better left buried.
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES
T. Kingfisher
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES is as charming and refreshing as sweet tea.
If you happen to like sweet tea as I do then you might like this book.
Entomologist Samantha is back home in North Carolina to visit with her mom while on furlough. But mom and home are not as they always were.
This is extremely disorienting for Samantha. And while she is busy deciding whether or not she has given time permission to pass she is missing the big clues around her that all is not well with her mom or the house.
I loved the premise and the themes are extremely interesting to me. I especially loved how it landed at an intersection between Motherhood and aspects of aging, death and grief.
The main character and her mom are looking forward to endless nights of watching British crime shows and the endless amounts of wine that can be found in a box with a spigot.
These are my people.
I love Kingfishers sense of humor which is on display here and the audiobook narrator landed lines like a stand up comedian. The performance added to the atmosphere.
I highly recommend the audiobook version.
And you might be asking yourself how scary is this book and like Kingfishers others the horror lies in the speculation. Being locked in a house with my mom as the house itself morphs and responds as if it is sentient sounds like a version of hell to me.
After all, hell can be a place on earth.
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES is out today!
This would make an interesting follow up to Iain Reid’s WE SPREAD, review linked.
Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy!
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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