false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169672099m/41539.jpg 41539 6 In <I>The Good House</I>, acclaimed novelist Tananarive Due enters classic Stephen King territory. Her novel, set in a small Northern town, centers on a haunted house under a deadly curse. But don't let the comparison scare you: This dark, imaginative, skillfully written page-turner is a novel only Tananarive Due could write.<p> Early in the Twentieth Century, a powerful voodoo priestess followed her guiding spirit from New Orleans to a small town in Washington State. But in pride and anger, Marie Toussaint unleashed a new--and very different--spirit. Now, ignorant of both her heritage and the curse, Angela Toussaint returns to her dead Grandmother Marie's house, seeking to heal her fractured relationships with her son and her husband. But the malicious spirit wishes only the destruction of the Toussaints; and as it did in her grandmother's day, it inflicts horrific death and destruction upon the isolated town. Soon Angela has lost almost everyone she loves; and she must somehow uncover the secrets of her unknown heritage if she is to have a prayer of saving her true love--and her own soul.<p> Tananarive Due has written the unconventional vampire novels <I>My Soul to Keep</I> and its sequel, <I>The Living Blood</I>; <I>The Black Rose</I> (a finalist for the NAACP Image Award); and <I>The Between</I> (a Bram Stoker Award nominee). With Dave Barry, Edna Buchanan, Carl Hiassen, Elmore Leonard, and eight others, Due is coauthor of <I>Naked Came the Manatee</I>. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 41086 2003 The Good House total:231|5:69|4:84|3:59|2:15|1:2| 231 899 339 42 4 1 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:56:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:52:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false true Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 10:02:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 13:15:07 -0700 2009
One of the blurbs on the back of the book declares "and it's really scary." I am obviously not their target audience because I didn't find it ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Oct 22 10:20:57 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:46:51 -0700 2009 The story is set in the remote town of Sacajawea, Washington where in the early 1900's, Marie Touissant relocates from Lou...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Apr 09 14:42:55 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 14:44:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 07 16:36:36 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 21:04:37 -0700 2007
I didn't consider it to be horror so much as a thriller with supernatural elements (although it does have ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 09 11:42:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 11:47:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 09:41:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 19:03:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:30:12 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 17:08:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 21:21:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:22:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 25 11:23:19 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 11:24:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 10:53:59 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 10:55:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 16 13:10:59 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 13:11:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 11:25:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 11:26:01 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 05:30:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 13:15:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 11:36:20 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 17:21:10 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:36:20 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 06:19:34 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 10:36:08 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 16 19:13:24 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:46:46 -0700 2009
Nice big bite of a book with a meaty story.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 06 17:25:28 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 17:27:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 20 20:28:51 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 20:28:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 09:14:55 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 09:17:28 -0800 2007 audible.com with my Creative Zen, so I chose this audiobook for download.
This is a story of a house and power passed down through the generations. The power though, is in the land. The author jumps around on the time line and you never get lost. I'll be keep...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41539