A Fixer-upper with an irredeemable past
On Adames Road, number 189 stands shuttered. This once tidy residence has fallen into disrepair, but that is all about to change as Jack and his wife Lucy decide to purchase the home. Opting to live in residence while they renovate, the pair have their hands full and wonder at times if they have bitten off more than they can handle. After a series of bizarre incidents involving their daughter Faye, Lucy removes her from the home and begins looking into its history. What she finds is a chilling backstory of events involving missing persons and unsolved mysteries. Then when Jack stumbles on a partially decomposed body under the kitchen floorboards the pair are faced with a hard decision. Do they report this discovery to the authorities, potentially tying up the renovation and their finances indefinitely, or do they press on to complete the renovation and move on to another project? When the couple receives unsolicited help from a neighbor they are grateful for the extra hands, but even this action has ulterior motives that the couple are unaware of, and these motives could end in their demise.
Hauntings: Adames Road is the newest novel by author Megan Monroe. Taking a break from her Damaged Children series of novellas, Monroe introduces the reader to 189 Adames Road – a run-down terraced house that holds dark secrets. Having been shuttered for years after the owner’s death the property is finally purchased by Jack and Lucy. With no plan B and all their finances tied up in the project the couple tries their best to make the most of it. Beginning with the initial walkthrough the home seems plagued with a sinister aura. Throughout the couple’s journey to renovate and sell the dilapidated property Monroe does a fabulous job not only of peppering in the back story of events that occurred there but also tying those events into the current story line. While a bit longer than her previous books, Hauntings: Adames Road is just the right length to tell the story without any additional fluff or details to drag the narrative on. In fact, Monroe ends the book in such a way that will send a shiver down your spine and wonder if there may be a follow up in the works.
If you love horror featuring sinister creepy locales filled with the demons of days past and dread oozing from the very walls Megan Monroe’s Hauntings: Adames Road would be a good read.
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