Help for the Haunted - Softcover

Searles, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062253735 ISBN 13: 9780062253736

Publisher: Harperluxe, 2013

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2013-09-17 Pages: 624 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US When young Sylvie Mason and her mother and father are lured to an old church on the outskirts of town. she has no idea that the night will end with her parents murders. As the narrative weaves back and forth through the years leading up to the crime and the months following. Sylvie searches for answers and uncovers secrets that have haunted her family for years.

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Review:

"Wonderful...A coming of age tale that is poignant and touching...and will scare the living hell out of you. I loved every page of this novel: I loved the sisters and the story and the page-turning mystery. I just may never go downstairs into my basement again."--Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives and The Light in the Ruins

"I was completely consumed by HELP FOR THE HAUNTED; I read it in one sitting. I just can't decide what I loved the most: its perfectly pitched teenage narrator; the ghost story that kept me riveted; the thriller that made me say, Oh, just one more chapter."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author of Lone Wolf and The Storyteller

"A quickly paced and boldly rendered ghost story, Searles's dark novel about a young girl haunted by the murder of her parents had me up reading all night. And checking the doors. I found it impossible to put down."--Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants and Ape House

"This is edge-of-your-seat reading of a very high quality, and, be warned, it is seriously spine-tingling."--Robert Goolrick, bestselling author of A Reliable Wife

"I was completely consumed by Help for the Haunted; I read it in one sitting. I just can't decide what I loved the most: its perfectly pitched teenage narrator; the ghost story that kept me riveted; the thriller that made me say, Oh, just one more chapter."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author of Lone Wolf and The Storyteller

Searles successfuly jumps back and forth in time to let these stories unfold, sewing clues and strange details along hte way...A somber, well-paced journey, wrappe din a mysery, that will keep readers guessing until the revealing conclusion.--Kirkus Reviews

"A dazzling, dark portrait of a troubled family beset by the supernatural. Searles ratchets up the tension with every passing chapter, and delivers authentic and well-earned scares--all written through the lens of a lonely teenager searching for answers. The result is a novel both frightening and beautiful."--Gillian Flynn

"A rich and tense suspense story that serves up plenty of genuine thrills but also moves the reader with elegant insights into the enigma that is Family."--Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of And the Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner

"Disturbingly engrossing."--People

"A poignant story of a family, of parents navigating an odd and dangerous career, of daughters shaken by doubt and loss and grief -- and the gulf that widens between them all...A compelling mystery."--Miami Herald

Book Description:

'A dazzling, dark portrait of a troubled family ... frightening and beautiful.' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperluxe
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062253735
• ISBN 13: 9780062253736
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 619