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Following the success of his latest novel, Travis Glasgow and his wife Jodie buy their first house in the seemingly idyllic western Maryland town of Westlake. At first, everything is picture-perfect - from the beautiful lake behind the house to the rebirth of the friendship between Travis and his brother, Adam, who lives nearby. Travis also begins to overcome the darkness of his childhood and the guilt he's harbored since his younger brother's death - a tragic drowning veiled in mystery that has plagued Travis since he was 13. Soon, though, the new house begins to lose its allure. Strange noises wake Travis at night, and his dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened hallways, but strangest of all is the bizarre set of wooden stairs that rises cryptically out of the lake behind the house. Travis becomes drawn to the structure, but the more he investigates, the more he uncovers the house's violent and tragic past, and the more he learns that some secrets cannot be buried forever.

©2011 Ronald Malfi (P)2017 Journalstone Publishing Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary
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I love the character of Travis Glasgow and how he struggles with his own past experiences and with the people around him in the present.
Ronald Malfi is an excellent writer who always creates a compelling story.

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Not one of his best, it was OK. Didn't really like any of the characters, the females were particularly flat but the overall story was OK. Will forget it by tomorrow. My main problem was the narrator, whilst in some parts he sounded excellent the female characters sounded like Marge Simpson and he went into big lulls where I could almost swear it was AI with no infliction at the end of sentences, and as a British English speaker I found it to distracting. American English always has such patterns, obviously many people might not have a problem with such thing but his accent was off and it distracted from the story.

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