No One's Home

by D. M. Pulley

Overview

For fans of The Haunting of Hill House comes a dark tale of a mansion haunted by a legacy of tragedy and a family trapped by lies.

Margot and Myron Spielman move to a new town, looking for a fresh start and an escape from the long shadow of their past. But soon after they buy Rawlingswood, a foreclosed mansion rumored to be haunted, they realize they’re in for more of the same…or worse.

After a renovation fraught with injuries and setbacks, the Spielmans move in to the century-old house, and their problems quickly escalate. The home’s beautiful facade begins to crumble around them when their teenage son uncovers disturbing details of Rawlingswood’s history—a history of murder, betrayal, and financial ruin. The Spielmans’ own shameful secrets and lies become harder to hide as someone or something inside the house watches their every move.

As tensions build between the family members, the home’s dark history threatens to repeat itself. Margot and Myron must confront their own ghosts and Rawlingswood’s buried past before the house becomes their undoing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542041546
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2019
Pages:	398
Sales rank:	247,972
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

D. M. Pulley lives just outside Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband, her two sons, and her dog. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a professional engineer, rehabbing historic structures and conducting forensic investigations of building failures. Pulley’s structural survey of a vacant building in Cleveland inspired her debut novel, The Dead Key, the winner of the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. She is also the author of The Buried Book.

Editorial Reviews

07/22/2019

Set in Shaker Heights, Ohio, this formulaic supernatural thriller from Pulley (The Unclaimed Victim) offers few surprises. In 2018, Myron and Margot Spielman decide to buy and renovate a derelict house, despite the broker’s telling them that numerous “urban legends have sprung up about the house,” including the murder of the original owner and the death there of a high school girl from a drug overdose. Sure enough, soon after the Spielmans move in with their teenage son, Hunter, they have reason to believe the legends. Inside his closet, Hunter discovers the words “DeAD GIRL! DeAD GIRL! RuN!” in “slashing red letters” on the walls. A friend of Hunter’s later asks him whether he’s familiar with the movie Poltergeist. Meanwhile, Margot, who poses nude online to relieve her boredom, suspects that she’s being watched by someone in her home. Flashbacks to 1929, 1990, and 2008 contain clichés such as an old woman who warns of doom. Average writing and limp characters don’t help. This haunted house story fails to impress. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

A haunting, Gothic story of a Shaker Heights mansion with a troubled history and turbulent present…Pulley creates a powerful sense of dread…” —Cleveland Plain Dealer

“No One’s Home showcases author D. M. Pulley’s extraordinary narrative storytelling skills and genuine flair for originality.” —Midwest Book Review

“A door creaks open. A footstep thumps on an empty floor above. A light turns on in a room left dark. In every silent room and black corner of No One’s Home, D. M. Pulley weaves threads of hypnotic suspense with the sad strands of a family lost to one another. With an elegantly restrained hand that stops mercifully shy of showcasing the unbearable, Pulley has created a contemporary intelligent thriller that can stand with the canon of the legendary Shirley Jackson.” —Amber Cowie, bestselling author of Rapid Falls

“Disturbing and creepy. D.M. Pulley does a masterful job of introducing the reader to families who, at different points in time, are forced to experience life in the same menacing house. Reminds me of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, and I loved every second of it!” —Matthew Farrell, bestselling author of What Have You Done

“HGTV meets Stephen King—creepy, spooky fun!” —Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow and The Women of Copper Country

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