Oregon.
Alors qu'elle observe la famille inconnue franchir le pas de sa porte, Eve comprend qu'elle a probablement commis l'erreur de sa vie en la laissant entrer.
Ce soir d'hiver, une terreur glaçante balaie brutalement les plans d'avenir d'Eve et Charlie lorsqu'une étrange famille surgit sur leur perron et demande la permission de visiter la maison isolée que les deux jeunes femmes viennent tout juste d'acquérir, dans laquelle le père prétend avoir grandi.
Rapidement, les phénomènes inexplicables s'enchaînent. La porte de l'effrayant sous-sol s'ouvre toute seule, des silhouettes décharnées arpentent les couloirs et Shylo, la border collie du jeune couple, change brutalement de comportement. Quand une tempête de neige éclate et la confine avec ses invités indésirables, Eve est rongée par une nouvelle inquiétude... « Ils ne s'en iront plus jamais », lui souffle une petite voix.
Entre horreur psychologique et épouvante, Marcus Kliewer signe un premier roman aussi glaçant qu'efficace.
LAURÉAT DU PRIX SCARIEST STORY EN 2021
Marcus Kliewer vit actuellement à Vancouver, au Canada. Son premier roman C'était notre maison a remporté le prix Scariest Story en 2021 sur le forum NoSleep (18 millions de membres) et connaîtra prochainement une adaptation audiovisuelle sur Netflix.
House of Leaves meets Parasite in this gripping and eerily haunting debut psychological horror, soon to be a Netflix film starring Blake Lively. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Leave the World Behind.
Winner of Reddit NoSleep Scariest Story of the Year Award
A Goodreads 'Best Horror Novel of the Last 5 Years'
A Goodreads 'Favourite Horror Novel of 2024' Finalist
One of Goodreads' 'Top Six Most-Read Debuts of 2024'
'Inventive and genuinely scary' Alma Katsu, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Hunger
'Full of unease and stomach-churning dread...Read it with every single light on' Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows
'[Will] haunt you even after you have finished it. This is what I call a great book' Agustina Bazterrica, bestselling author of Tender is the Flesh
You let them back in. You shouldn't have...
Young couple Charlie and Eve can't believe the killer deal they got on an old house deep in the mountains.
One day, a man knocks on the door. He says he lived there years before and asks if he can show his family around.
But, as soon as they enter, strange things start to happen. Eve is desperate for them to leave and never come back. But they can't - or won't - take the hint that they are no longer welcome.
Then, Charlie vanishes, and Eve begins to lose her grip on reality.
She's convinced there's something terribly wrong with the house and its past inhabitants . . . or is it all in her head?
Readers are terrified by We Used to Live Here:
'A spine-tingling rollercoaster... had me equal parts terrified and intrigued!'
'This was WILD. A terrifying, horrific and deeply unsettling yet addictive story.'
'I didn't see that plot twist coming. At all.'
'This is my kind of creepy!'
'I will think about this book every time someone knocks on my door!'
'Wow this book. My mind is blown. This is one scary read. '
'I couldn't put this book down, I was captivated from start to finish.'
We Used to Live Here won Reddit NoSleep Scariest Short Story of the Year 2021
