grady hendrix how to sell a haunted house

The star of the tale places us firmly in Louise’s shoes the sibling, who is practical but never feels wanted and then stares at the horror of her brother’s strange and likely selfish behaviour. This novel amazingly treads the fine line between silly, tender, and chilling horror and Hendrix constantly keeps us on our toes. Louise and mark are about to find their family’s secrets are about to once again cause trouble and cause even more heartache. A home that makes strange noises is covered in their mother’s home-made sinister puppets and as everyone says just feels weird. Louise flies to her childhood home and immediately argues with Mark who wants a beach ceremony and while eventually he is persuaded to change their mind the reluctant duo then have to tackle the joys of their parent’s wills and also what happens to the family home.

But then Mark calls her from South Caroline to inform her a few days ago their parents both died in a car accident. She tries not to think much of Mark a bartender who she sees forever messing things up and being coddled by her parents. Louise the forever focused and practical one now lives in San Francisco with her daughter Poppy. Louise and Mark are an estranged brother and sister living in their late thirties and voiding each other. Grady Hendrix in their excellent new horror tale How To Sell A Haunted House manages to encapsulate all of that in a tale of a family broken by loss and being haunted by something increasingly malevolent. Dealing with death can be dark, terrifying, heart-warming, and occasionally bring moments of laughter.

It’s a raw emotion of loss it can bring back memories and require us to re-appraise both our past and our future. While lots of stories have a focus on death – the prelude to it, the act of it or the cause the subject of grief is less explored.

Some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them… But she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market. Mostly, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. Price – £19.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle eBook I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review

Grady hendrix how to sell a haunted house