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The House by the Cemetery

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Six Feet Under meets Succession with a gothic twist after the suspicious death of a midwestern funeral home

empire’s wealthy patriarch in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs’ dark, twisty, horror-tinged new

series for readers of Megan Collins, Samantha Downing, Stacy Willingham, and Rachel Hawkins.

In Gold Creek, Michigan, legend has that the ghost of a local grave digger still walks the cemetery, swinging his

shovel, looking for his next victim to bury. But when the town’s wealthy undertaker dies, his estranged daughter

must contend with the ghosts that haunt her own family . . .

After she left home at seventeen, River Gold swore she would never return to Gold Creek. Growing up at the

Gold Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens was a nightmare. Classmates constantly teased her for being part

of the “Ghoul” family, while her own family denied that she was actually a Gold. Her father, undertaker Gregory

Gold, certainly never acted like a father. He was far more interested in profiting off other people’s tragedies.

But now Gregory has died. And River has surrendered to her mother, Fiona’s, pleas that she come back for his

funeral.

But the mourning period is cut short when it’s revealed that Gregory died of poisoning—and Fiona is arrested

for his murder. Clearly, Fiona, his third wife and the funeral home’s cosmetologist, is being framed. There are

plenty of more likely suspects, and River is determined to prove her mother’s innocence. That she’ll have to

work with the sheriff—her high school enemy—is a small price to pay.

With a fortune at stake, River is sure the killer lies among Gregory’s first two wives, their children, and

grandchildren. Yet soon, other discoveries will be made, and longstanding secrets unearthed. But when

teenagers start disappearing from the cemetery, the danger hits closer to home than River imagined possible.

Drawn back into the lives—and lies—of the Golds—she’ll have to use her every resource to keep herself, and

her loved ones, safe.