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The Caretaker: A Novel

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The author of We Used to Live Here brings you to another house that creaks with a lurking dread. A young woman takes a mysterious caretaking job and discovers a chilling supernatural presence as her reality plummets into chaos.

Instant New York Times Bestseller

Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. ...

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