The first book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The House That Eats The Dead by Max Doty—a darkly fun supernatural horror about a family who move into their dream home, only to discover that it’s hungry…
The book was released on 13 August and Max’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 11 August.
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The House That Eats The Dead
Seeking a fresh start from the decay of San Francisco, Claire and her husband, Tom, move their family into an affluent suburban dream home. But the sanctuary hides a predatory hunger, as it turns out, the house consumes anything that was once alive. From fresh flowers and wooden furniture to their daughter’s toys, it erases the objects from existence for everyone except Claire and Tom themselves.
When Claire attempts to sell the property, she discovers it attracts a terrifying demographic, namely buyers who intend to feed its appetite with human flesh. To prevent a catastrophe, Claire forms a gruesome alliance with the home, maintaining it with animal hearts while she unearths its secrets. But when a fresh corpse is dumped through the basement window, Claire begins to wonder why she and her family were drawn to the house in the first place.
About the author
Max Doty is a veteran game-writer who served as the Head of Content for Choices: Stories You Play and Surviving High School for which he also wrote two spin-off novels. His screenplay Almost Kings won Netflix’s inaugural Find Your Voice award and was made into a feature film. Max also contributes to reddit’s NoSleep forum as scarymaxx, where his works have appeared at the top of the charts. He holds a BA and an MA from Stanford University as well as an MFA from Arizona State University. The House That Eats the Dead is his first novel.
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