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The Dead House
The Dead House | Billy O'Callaghan
10 posts | 7 read | 11 to read
Attempting to rebuild her life after a violent relationship, Maggie Turner, a successful young artist, moves from London to Allihies and buys an ancient abandoned cottage. Keen to concentrate on her art, she is captivated by the wild beauty of her surroundings. After renovations, she hosts a house-warming weekend for friends. A drunken game with a Ouija board briefly descends into something more sinister, as Maggie apparently channels a spirit who refers to himself simply as 'The Master'. The others are visibly shaken, but the day after the whole thing is easily dismissed as the combination of suggestion and alcohol. Maggie immerses herself in her painting, but the work devolves, day by day, until her style is no longer recognisable. She glimpses things, hears voices, finds herself drawn to certain areas: a stone circle in the nearby hills, the reefs at the west end of the beach behind her home ... A compelling modern ghost story from a supremely talented writer.
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Gissy
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#BookScavengerHunt prompt-monochrome 15 pts

#HauntedShelf #FreightClub team @Jadams89

1,400 (previous) + 15 pts (current) = 1,415 pts

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inthegreensandblues
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Madeline! I am so excited to read both of these books! 👻👻 And devour the candy 🎃 I must also comment on the very cute wrapping and stuffing papers - my cat is having fun with the stuffing which I lovingly threw all over the floor for him 😸 Thank you so much for this package! @RosePressedPages
#AllHallowsReadSwap @MaleficentBookDragon

RosePressedPages I‘m so glad you (and your cat 🐱🥰) like it!!! 🧡🖤🎃👻 3w
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ClaireFullerton
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Centered on one fateful night during a weekend house party at a renovated, Irish cottage. It involves a small group of friends, a bottle of whiskey, and an Ouija board. Everything careens in spine-tingling plausibility from there, in a dynamic that begins in seemingly harmless fun, yet quickly turns off-kilter with unintended consequences that sneak up over the reader's shoulder with such disturbance that this book is best not read at night.

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AVChrista
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Another day, another book. Hope this reads as creepy as it promises!

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DGRachel
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Mehso-so

Trying to catch up on NetGalley requests. This was a short, quick read that had great atmosphere. The author sets a great tone of subtle menace, but never really seems to go anywhere with the story. There‘s no satisfying conclusion and it feels as though he just couldn‘t figure out how to end things, so he just stopped writing, leaving everything open-ended.

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AReedCollett
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29 of #Riotgrams - Chills and Thrills

I just finished this creepy story today and thought a creepy pic of it would be perfect for the #Riotgrams challenge. The only downside is now I am sitting in the dark freaking myself out more... 😱

Note: Candles that were used were flameless. No person, cat, or book were singed while taking this picture.

Note 2: My riotgram challenge will be out of order. No reason, just becuase.

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suvata
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What a surprising dark and eerie ghost story. I loved it.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oooo! Looks good! Stacked! 6y
SilversReviews Gorgeous cover. 6y
suvata @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled It was very good 6y
Tamra Yes, that cover is enticing. 6y
KateFulfordAuthor If you need another recommendation, may I point you to my People‘s Book Prize nominated debut? Sassy female narrative, laugh out dialogue and a pacy plot. Check the link in the bio for 2 free chapters, reviews and more. 6y
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suzanne.literarylife
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Friday night is the perfect time for a ghost story set in Ireland

#literarylife #thedeadhouse #pagehabit

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Booksnchill
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Mehso-so

This is billed as a psychological thriller and ghost story and it won the Irish Book Award. I should have loved this book. It is only 200 pages but I kept thinking thereal meat of the book was going to start at the next page- then it ended. I just don‘t think there is any “there” there. It wasn‘t bad but not an award winner. I kept thinking it must be a bad translation but apparently not translated. Hmmm. 3⭐️

AlaMich Translation? Was it actually written in Gaelic? 7y
Booksnchill @AlaMich no apparently written in english but I was almost hoping it was a bad translation. 7y
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Booksnchill
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My new library book, winner of the Irish Book Award and debut novel billed as a contemporary ghost story and dread-inducing psychological thriller. An artist, healing from hospitalization buys a cottage on the Irish coast- invites friends and on a boozy night they pull out a Ouija board...Sold!

Vertabrain I can‘t wait to hear your thoughts on this one. I live a good ghost story, although it‘s sometimes hard to find really good ones. 7y
Booksnchill @Vertabrain will do- I love an Irish ghost story in particular! 7y
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