{"product_id":"the-cold-house-isbn-9781835414248","title":"The Cold House","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets, lies and grief collide in this funny, tragic, intimate and utterly compelling horror novella. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten by the acclaimed author of the Sourdough Universe novels and winner of multiple awards including the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy, this searing tale is perfect for fans of Rachel Harrison, Delilah S. Dawson and Sarah-Maria Griffin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter Everly Bainbridge's life is left in ruins when her husband takes their child to the supermarket one day and a lorry collides with their car. After the accident, a lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. She retreats to a lonely house in the countryside to recover. But there’s a well in the cellar, a spectacularly cold room, and one night, Everly wakes up with a foot hanging over the emptiness of the well and the echo of her daughter’s voice in her ears…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA short, sharp, emotionally layered story of horrific secrets and dangerous lies, this dark, fierce gem of a novella will keep you turning the pages late into the night…Praise for The Cold House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderfully gripping modern gothic tale of haunting, grief, secrets and lies. A remote community, an unreliable narrator, and twisty reveals that keep on coming—I read it in one sitting! Highly recommended!” \u003cbr\u003eSarah Pinborough, the #1 international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Live Here Now\u003c\/i\u003e and Netflix’s \u003ci\u003eBehind Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Cold House \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique blend of folk and grief horror—emotionally raw, captivating, and a twisting, winding descent into darkness. No one does it like Slatter. I’m a fan for life!”\u003cbr\u003eSadie Hartmann ‘Mother Horror’, Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of\u003ci\u003e 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Old magic and fresh grief twist together, weaving a growing dread that builds to an explosive conclusion.”\u003cbr\u003eKelley Armstrong, #1 bestselling author of the Rip Through Time series and \u003ci\u003eEvery Step She Takes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Claustrophobic and elegantly plotted, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold House\u003c\/i\u003e is full of grief, mystery, and the pain of family secrets. Slatter just keeps getting better!”\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Golden, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A luscious little labyrinth of a book, drenched in ambiance and dripping with delicious prose, full of twists, turns, terror, torment, and triumph.”\u003cbr\u003eDelilah S. Dawson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBloom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuillotine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gorgeous and unsettling entry into the horror genre. Slatter melds grief and folk horror with a master’s touch. There’s a tender brutality in her turns of phrase and a humanity in her characters that will move even the hardest soul. If I dared, I’d beg a final request to keep reading and reading and reading.” \u003cbr\u003eKristi DeMeester, author of \u003ci\u003eDark Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSuch a Pretty Smile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterclass in storytelling. Slatter rolls out her devastating revelations smoothly and with perfect timing, drawing us into this sad, terrifying novella with ease, and chilling us to the bone.”\u003cbr\u003eKaaron Warren, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underhistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Starting with the classic set up to a psychological thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold House\u003c\/i\u003e quickly morphs into something darker and stranger. Reminiscent of folk horror classics \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRobin Redbreast\u003c\/i\u003e, this slice of rural noir is punchy, pacy and atmospheric.”\u003cbr\u003eOlivia Isaac-Henry author of \u003ci\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSorrow Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Both propulsive and atmospheric, I found this book a perfect read for October and the Halloween season.\" \u003cbr\u003eSFF World\u003cb\u003eA.G. Slatter\u003c\/b\u003e has won a Shirley Jackson Award, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, a Ditmar, three Australian Shadows Awards, eight Aurealis Awards and a Premier Ignotus. Most recently, All the Murmuring Bones was shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Book of the Year and the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award; The Path of Thorns won both the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel in 2022; and The Briar Book of the Dead has been shortlisted for both the Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards for 2024. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, is a graduate of Clarion South and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop, and has been a judge for the World Fantasy and Aurealis Awards. Angela’s short stories have appeared in many Best Of anthologies, and her work has been translated into many languages. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with a superannuated beagle and a TBR pile which will likely be the death of her. 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