Home is Where the Bodies Are

About the book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.

Following the passing of their mother, three estranged siblings come together to handle her estate. Beth, the oldest, has always stayed home to care for their mother until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has struggled with drug addiction and has been distant from the family. Michael, the youngest, lives far away and has not returned to their small Wisconsin town since their father left them seven years ago.

As they go through their parents’ belongings, the siblings discover a collection of home videos and decide to revisit happier times. However, their nostalgia is interrupted when they come across a VHS tape from 1999 that none of them remember. In the video, their father is seen covered in blood, alongside a dead body and a pact between their parents to dispose of it, before the tape abruptly ends.

Now, Beth, Nicole, and Michael must decide whether to leave the past behind or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.