Incidents Around the House - Josh Malerman

Incidents Around the House

By Josh Malerman

  • Release Date: 2024-06-25
  • Genre: Horror
Score: 4
4
From 155 Ratings

Description

“Simply put—and I do not say this lightly—Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read.”Neil McRobert, Esquire (Best Horror Books of 2024, So Far)

A chilling horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

“This book is the monster that lives inside your closet.”—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House

To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” 

When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.

Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel. 

But Other Mommy needs an answer.

Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home.

Reviews

  • Terrifying

    5
    By JeanneInDallas
    This is the scariest book I’ve ever read.
  • Couldn’t Put It Down

    5
    By acollins_93
    Very, very creepy and disturbing in parts. Blew through it in 2 days. Very, very well executed with surprisingly sophisticated prose, coming from the POV of a young child (which makes every page that much more unsettling)
  • This author must not have kids

    2
    By tc_sting
    This author must not have kids Two things about kids. They aren’t stupid They don’t keep secrets I am guessing the author either asked Chatbot to write in a kid voice or spent at about 15 minutes researching how kids talk and think because this book misses the mark badly Is this author is actually good? Bird box was great but now not so sure this same author could have actually written that given his other books are so bad