Monday Reads [29]

The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates
on August 15, 2015
Pages: 170

Elle can't believe her luck; she's spending a month house-sitting the beautiful Gillespie property. Hidden near the edge of the woods and an hour's drive from the nearest town, its dark rooms and rich furniture entice her to explore its secrets. There's even a graveyard hidden behind the house, filled with tombstones that bear an identical year of death.
If only the scratching in the walls would be quiet…
The house’s dark and deadly history quickly becomes tangled with Elle’s life. At the center of it is Jonathan Gillespie, the tyrannical cult leader and original owner of the house. As Elle soon learns -- just because he’s dead, doesn’t mean he’s gone.

Welcome to Monday Reads! Where I just spend a few minutes sharing with you my current read and a snippet or two from my current chapter. Please let me know what you’re reading right now, too!

Halloween is over–but, I find that I’m still enjoying some “scary” reads. So, here’s a couple that I’m reading right now!

 

 

 

The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates
on August 15, 2015
Pages: 170

Elle can't believe her luck; she's spending a month house-sitting the beautiful Gillespie property. Hidden near the edge of the woods and an hour's drive from the nearest town, its dark rooms and rich furniture entice her to explore its secrets. There's even a graveyard hidden behind the house, filled with tombstones that bear an identical year of death.
If only the scratching in the walls would be quiet…
The house’s dark and deadly history quickly becomes tangled with Elle’s life. At the center of it is Jonathan Gillespie, the tyrannical cult leader and original owner of the house. As Elle soon learns -- just because he’s dead, doesn’t mean he’s gone.

 

 

 

“My window was easy to find, located nearly at the end of the building, on the second level. I’d left the bedside light on, and the square of glass glowed like a beacon. The window next to it belonged to the locked room. It was different from the others; while every other window in the house sat flush against the wall, that one extended out in a bay shape… I started to lose track of time as I gazed at the window, mesmerized by its possibilities. Everything was so perfectly still that when the curtain fluttered, I actually jumped.

It’s just the breeze catching them. I watched the pale shapes hidden behind the glass swirl and sway for a moment before falling still again.”

The Haunting of Gillespie House, pg. 16

 

 

Lock Every Door Published by Dutton Books by Riley Sager
on July 2, 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Pages: 371
Source: Borrowed, Library
Format: Hardcover
Find the Book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

ISBN: 1524745146

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.
As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story—until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.
Searching for the truth about Ingrid's disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew's dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building's hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent.

 

“‘Call me if you need anything,” Chloe says. “I’ll have my phone with me the whole time, even though our B-and-B is, like, in the middle of nowhere. Literally in the woods on top of a mountain. Paul already warned me there might not be cell service.’

‘I’ll be fine.’

‘You sure?’ Chloe says.

‘Positive.’

When the call ends, I remain in the sitting room, staring at those faces in the wallpaper. They stare right back, eyes unblinking, mouths open but silent, almost as if they want to tell me something but can’t.

Maybe they’re not allowed, just as I’m not allowed to have visitors or spend a night away from 12A.

Or maybe they’re too afraid to speak.

Or maybe–and this is the most likely scenario–they’re just flowers on wallpaper and, like Ingrid’s departure, the Bartholomew is starting to get to me.”

Lock Every Door, pg. 163

What are you reading today?!

 

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