From newcomer Jordan Crouch and Blake Crouch, author of the Top-10 Kindle-bestsellers Run, Stirred, and Fully Loaded, comes Eerie, a chilling, gothic thriller in the classic tradition of The Shining and The Sixth Sense.TRAPPED INSIDE A HOUSEOn a crisp autumn evening in 1980, seven-year-old Grant Moreton and his five-year-old sister Paige were nearly killed in a mysterious accident in the Cascade Mountains that left them orphans.WITH A FRIGHTENING POWERIt's been thirty years since that night. Grant is now a detective with the Seattle Police Department and long estranged from his sister. But his investigation into the bloody past of a high-class prostitute has led right to Paige's door, and what awaits inside is beyond his wildest imagining.OVER ANYONE WHO ENTERSHis only hope of survival and saving his sister will be to confront the terror that inhabits its walls, but he is completely unprepared to face the truth of what haunts his sister's brownstone.This 65,000-word novel also contains a bonus interview with Blake and Jordan.About the Authors:BLAKE CROUCH was born near the piedmont town of Statesville, North Carolina in 1978. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 2000 with degrees in English and Creative Writing. Blake is the author of five novels and numerous short stories. He lives with his family in southwest Colorado, where he is at work on a new book.JORDAN CROUCH was born in the piedmont of North Carolina in 1984. He attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and graduated in 2007 with a degree in Creative Writing. Jordan lives in Seattle, Washington. EERIE is his first novel.PRAISE FOR THE WORKS OF BLAKE CROUCH[In SNOWBOUND], Crouch builds suspense as lines blur between good and bad, and plot twists continue to the last sentence. Absolutely compelling.BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW) ABANDON…demands to be read in one sitting, so you can better appreciate the beauty of Crouch’s storytelling…[O]ne of those books that almost instantly puts you in the mind of a classic.BOOKREPORTERWeaving the past and present together with such seamless skill that from the prologue to the last page, this book captures the imagination. [ABANDON] has the arc and flow of a master storyteller. Easily my favorite book of this year.CRIMESPREE MAGAZINEHighly recommended, this is easily one of the best this year.NEW MYSTERY READER MAGAZINEABANDON is terrific…a great storyteller hitting his stride.LEE CHILDGut wrenching...the writing is tight, the plots exciting, the suspense unending...Crouch tops my list. OTTAWA SUNExpertly paced and viscerally effective, with many surprises and genuine chills.KIRKUS REVIEWSBlake Crouch is the most exciting new thriller writer I've read in years.DAVID MORRELLHarrowing...terrific...a whacked out combination of Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy. PAT CONROYCrouch delivers his description of place with vivid prose...his carefully crafted characters make the story immediate, intense and thoroughly believable.DENVER POSTThis is a complex, cleverly constructed novel of motive, and Crouch takes his time bringing us through the story...a great debut. Crouch is an author to watch. THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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