If you know me, you know I love thrillers with a heavy spoonful of horror that leave you feeling unnerved and edgy – in the best way. The Farmhouse did just that for me. This is an eerie story about a woman, named Emily, who just moved onto a rural farm in Nebraska with her husband, Josh, trying to escape her past. This is Emily’s dream, having wide open spaces and no neighbors for miles, but it quickly turns into a nightmare. 

Strange things start happening, specifically related to the dilapidated barn on their property. During Emily’s insomnia episodes, she notices her mother’s favorite songs playing loudly from the barn and the light turning on. When she goes running, she starts counting the steps it takes to get to the barn, convinced it is haunting her by moving closer to the house. Emily is starting to feel claustrophobic and alone because Josh doesn’t believe her. Now Emily is on a mission to find out the truth about why this farm was for sale in the first place. 

Three years prior, the teenage girl that lived on the farm vanished without a trace then her mother unexpectedly died. As Emily digs deeper into the farm’s history, she starts to unearth secrets that have been long buried. In this ghostly, twisted, gritty speculative thriller, Conradt draws you in with this chilling page turner that crawls under your skin and stays there. You’ll be questioning your own reality and start to wonder, what if the past really could haunt the present? I highly recommend curling up on the couch on a dark, dreary day to read this atmospheric debut thriller by Conradt. 

Thank you Sourcebooks Poisoned Press and Hamptons Whodunit for my ARC! 

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