Name: House Next Door
ISBN: 9781416570356

Anne Rivers Siddons

House Next Door

Janice Hopper

I initially resisted starting this book, because of its setting - a wealthy suburb in a southern (Atlanta? I saw a review that said that, but I'm not sure I actually saw it. But I might have missed it too.) I don't have anything in common with people who live in wealthy neighborhoods in the 70s and who casually join them in highballs on the patio and who send kids to Yale or where ever. 

But I persevered, and I'm glad I did. 

I found this book on a list of creepy novels for the Halloween season, I think. It's a tale of a house that may or may not be actively malevolent. The slow revelation of what happens, and the effects it has on the neighborhood, are really pretty compelling. And creepy!

It was well-written, I though. I read it mostly in a day, because I had to know what happened. 

Good for Halloween!