House of Reckoning

Publisher Marketing: For more than three decades John Saul has haunted the New York Times bestseller list and listeners imaginations with his chilling tales of psychological suspense and supernatural horror. His instinct for striking the deepest chords of fear in our hearts and minds is unerring, and his gift for steering a tale from the light of day into the darkest depths of nightmare is at its harrowing best in "House of Reckoning." After the untimely death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Sarah Crane is forced to grow up quickly in order to help tend her family s Vermont farm and look after her grieving father, who s drowning his sorrow in alcohol. But their quiet life together is shattered when her father is jailed for killing another man in a barroom brawl and injuring Sarah in a drunken car crash. Left in the cold care of a loveless foster family and alienated at school, Sarah finds a kindred spirit in classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient still plagued by voices and visions. And in eccentric art instructor Bettina Phillips, Sarah finds a mentor eager to nurture her talent for painting. But within the walls of Bettina s ancestral home, the mansion called Shutters, Sarah finds something altogether different and disturbing. Monstrous images from the house s dark history seem to flow unbidden from Sarah s paintbrush images echoed by Nick s chilling hallucinations. Trapped for ages in the shadowy rooms of Shutters, the violence and fury of long-dead generations have finally found a gateway from the grave into the world of the living. And Sarah and Nick have found a power they never had: to take control, and take revenge." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2009 pg. 70 (EAN 9780345514240, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/24/2009 pg. 42 (EAN 9780345514240, Hardcover) Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 5 (EAN 9780345514240, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2009 (EAN 9780345514240, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 40 (EAN 9781441805584, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Saul, John John Saul's first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. He has since written twenty-three successive bestselling novels of suspense, including The Manhattan Hunt Club, Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil, The Presence, Black Lightning, and Guardian. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. His most recent novel is Midnight Voices. Mr. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Maui, Hawaii. Contributor Bio:  Dawe, Angela Angela Dawe is originally from Lansing, Michigan, and currently calls Chicago home. In addition to audiobook narration, she has worked in film, television, theater, and improvisational comedy.