Horror Quickie: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

While you’re waiting for you Library hold for The September House to come in, check out this other creepy haunted house tale from Grady Hendrix. Originally posted in February of 2023.

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CW: parental death, child harm, creepy dolls

Grady Hendrix has this knack for writing really scary books with characters that I CANNOT STAND! Like in The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, I have zero interest in the main characters’ survival and yet, truly enjoyed the story and the writing.

In How to Sell a Haunted House, Louise and her estranged brother have suffered a devastating loss; their parents have died suddenly in a car accident. Leaving her young daughter back in California with her father, Louise returns home for the funeral and to settle her parents’ estate, only to discover her coddled, unmotivated, and spoiled brother has planned a funeral and made plans that don’t align with her family’s wishes. Now Louise must get the rest of the family on her side to plan a more appropriate funeral, clean out the house, and settle all the details so she can return home to her daughter.

But the house is haunted.

It’s not a spoiler, it’s literally in the title. This book gave me nightmares. Louise and Mark’s mother was a semi-famous star on the Christian puppet theater scene. Yep. The house is full of puppets and dolls. Very, very creepy puppets and dolls. Just when you think this story can’t get any wilder and more bonkers, Hendrix takes it to another level and you can’t be mad about it because you’re totally invested in seeing how the story ends.

It’s a wild, creepy, surreal experience and I enjoyed every single page.

If you’d like a copy for yourself, you can find ordering information here or click on the cover above.

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