Alright we are back on track! After two average and redundant stories, Home Before Dark brought me out of my Sager slump. This is my 6th book of his and I was getting a bit bored with his style. This book flipped the script. A book within a book. At first I thought it’d be another run of the mill, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink story. Nope!

Twists and turns are a staple of Sager’s but this book gave me what I found captivating with Survive the Night and The Only One Left: An engrossing protagonist and beguiling, eerie atmospheres.

Maggie’s life has been defined by her father’s bestselling non-fiction novel which told of his family’s three week experience living in a notoriously tragic, haunted house, Baneberry Hall. But is it haunted or did her dad embellish the truth? All signs point to yes, he lied to the world. But when Maggie temporarily moves back to Baneberry Hall searching for answers (she has no memories of their time there) she gets far more than what she was hoping to find. The undead is indeed alive in the walls of her childhood home. Right?

With a who’s who of potential liars and murderers rounding out the supporting cast, Home Before Dark will have you gasping at the end of nearly every chapter. And maybe you’ll check your closet a few times before bed.

Main complaint: The book’s title has absolutely nothing to do with its contents. But when all is said and done it doesn’t change the late night page turning.

This is one of Riley Sager’s better stories. Stop reading this review and go buy it now!