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Bliss House: A Novel, by Laura Benedict
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Death never did come quietly for Bliss House . . . and now a mother and daughter have become entwined in the secrets hidden within its walls.
Amidst the lush farmland and orchards in Old Gate, Virginia, stands the magnificent Bliss House. Built in 1878 as a country retreat, Bliss House is impressive, historic, and inexplicably mysterious. Decades of strange occurrences, disappearances and deaths have plagued the house, yet it remains vibrant. And very much alive. Rainey Bliss Adams desperately needed a new start when she and her daughter Ariel relocated from St. Louis to Old Gate and settled into the house where the Bliss family had lived for over a century. Rainey’s husband had been killed in a freak explosion that left her 14 year-old daughter Ariel scarred and disfigured. At the grand housewarming party, Bliss House begins to reveal itself again. Ariel sees haunting visions: the ghost of her father, and the ghost of a woman being pushed to her death off of an upper floor balcony, beneath an exquisite dome of painted stars. And then there is a death the night of the party. Who is the murderer in the midst of this small town? And who killed the woman in Ariel's visions? But Bliss House is loath to reveal its secrets, as are the good folks of Old Gate. Bliss House: A Novel, by Laura Benedict- Amazon Sales Rank: #1012624 in Books
- Brand: Benedict, Laura
- Published on: 2015-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.70" h x 1.30" w x 5.70" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
From Booklist After the explosion at her St. Louis home—leaving her husband dead and her 14-year-old daughter, Ariel, disfigured—Rainey Adams wants a fresh start. So she buys Bliss House, her ancestral, nineteenth-century Virginia country home, despite its murderous reputation. Here Rainey feels she’s come home, while Ariel senses her father’s presence and sees her healing accelerating. But the aftermath of a gala housewarming party shatters the sense of well-being: during the night, Ariel sees a ghostly woman take a deadly fall, and in the morning Rainey finds the body of her real-estate agent in the hallway. A near-lethal assault and a related murder follow, as Ariel explores the house and becomes more affected by it. Woven through this narration is the generation-old story of a woman’s imprisonment in a secluded underground chamber of the house, a stunning account that a member of the Bliss family finally feels compelled to reveal to Rainey. Benedict combines the supernatural with the all-too-real, peopling the haunted-house milieu with psychopaths and adding elements of guilt and betrayal for an engrossing and suspenseful read. --Michele Leber
Review “A classic murder mystery, one in which she skillfully and inextricably links the 'haints' and the homicides―and fills her novel with rich Virginia detail. Unabashedly dark and inevitably addictive. A dream (or would that be a delicious nightmare?) come true for fans of suspense fiction.” (The Richmond Times Dispatch)“In Bliss House, Laura Benedict has written just the type of novel I love to read: A ghost story replete with good and evil, the past and present colliding, and compelling characters to root for. It is a story that grabs you by the throat and heart and won't let go.” (Erica Spindler, New York Times bestselling author of JUSTICE FOR SARA and WATCH ME DIE)“Bliss House, with its blood-stained history of madness and murder, would scare off most potential buyers in Benedict’s creepy, solidly crafted supernatural suspense novel. Lines between fact and fantastic, past and present, increasingly blur…the final revelation hits horrifyingly close to home for Rainey.” (Publishers Weekly)“I've longed for this book―an intelligent haunted house story with twists and turns. Laura Benedict is an author to watch. Bliss House ?edges Benedict firmly into Shirley Jackson territory with this rich, evocative novel about the power of blood to corrupt.” (Carolyn Hains, winnter of the Harper Lee Award, author of THE DARKLING and THE SEEKER (writing as R. B. Chesterton))“Benedict's writing is lush and seamless, catapulting the reader into the gripping story from the opening line and holding them, taut and breathless, to the very last. You do not want to miss Bliss House. It's a compulsively readable tour de force from a wonderful writer.” (J. T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN SHADOWS FALL)“Bliss House is a rare accomplishment: a novel that works as a mystery, a ghost story, and a touching family drama. Laura Benedict has written a thoughtful and compelling book. ” (Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of INSIDE MAN)“Bliss House draws you in and refuses to let you go. Eerie, seductive, and suspenseful. Read it.” (Meg Gardiner, Edgar award-winning author)“Reader be warned! Laura Benedict has written a novel that may well keep you awake at night, and not only because Bliss House is flat-out scary. Benedict knows how to craft a story in such a way that, once begun, it is nearly impossible to put down. ” (Ron Rash, author of SERENA)“Haunting. This mystery will simultaneously tug at the heartstrings and scare the bejesus out of readers. In a word: unforgettable.” (The Chicago Tribune (Past Praise for Laura Benedict))“An exquisite, closely observed novel. It captivated me instantly and haunts me still.” (Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author of The Edge of Winter)“Like digging up an unmarked grave in the gloaming. A tense and creepy hunt for the truth about what lies beneath.” (Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Black Out)
About the Author Laura Benedict is the author of Charlotte's Story and Bliss House, the first two novels in the Bliss House trilogy, as well as several other novels of dark suspense. Her work has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and numerous anthologies. She lives with her family in Southern Illinois. Visit laurabenedict.com.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Don't mess with the house By Roso If Shirley Jackson's Hill House had a love child with Stephen King's Overlook Hotel, it would be Bliss House. Creepy and nerve-wracking without the gore. My pick for the spookiest summer beach read
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A frightening and unsettling tale, BLISS HOUSE is Laura Benedict's best book to date! By Bookreporter It’s so nice to have Laura Benedict back again, particularly after a bit too long of an absence. That her reappearance is manifested by her best book to date --- a frightening and unsettling tale ironically titled BLISS HOUSE --- is a very large added bonus. You will be haunted by the book from its first unsettling page to its final paragraph.“Bliss House” is not meant to be a term describing the hominess of the large, magnificent house that has towered over rural Old Gate, Virginia, for well past a century. Its descriptive term is derived from the family that originally built the house, only to have it pass into the hands of strangers with results that are vaguely and starkly unsettling. As the story begins --- following a vignette you will not soon forget --- the home returns to the ownership and stewardship of the Bliss family as Rainey Bliss Adams and Ariel, her 14-year-old daughter, take up residence in the huge mansion. They come with well-scuffed baggage, both literally and figuratively. An incident that killed Rainey’s husband and left Ariel both physically and emotionally scarred --- one for which Rainey takes full blame --- hangs over the proceedings like an ever-present, invisible pall.It is clear, however, that all is not right almost from the moment the ill-fated mother and daughter step across the threshold. Ariel is the first to sense that the house is perhaps different. Her benevolent, all-too-real dreams concerning her beloved and deceased father soon give way to increasing violent manifestations of other spirits who seem to resent the presence of the new interlopers. A housewarming party for the residents of Old Gate provides the impetus to really stir things up on both sides of the veil.The narrative eventually begins to shift between the present, as Rainey and Ariel confront the house’s history, and the past, in which the sins of those who occupied the house some 20-30 years previously linger in the walls and multitude of rooms of the Adams’ new home. Then there are the residents of Old Gate, who have sins, errors and omissions of their own that they are set on concealing from their new neighbors and from each other. The issue that ultimately confronts Rainey and Ariel, and those with whom they come into contact, is whether the house is evil or whether the Bliss family itself carries the seeds of evil in its genes. Perhaps it is a little (or a great deal) of both.Be forewarned: BLISS HOUSE contains some harrowing material, particularly of a graphic sexual nature. Benedict, though, is never gratuitous in her presentation; one must simply accept that bad things, truly awful things, happen to good and bad people. And while Benedict can be explicit in her presentations, she is also a master of subtle contrasts and hints that suddenly fulfill the promise of the almost inaudible whispered threats that are dropped throughout the narrative.I have previously compared Benedict’s work to that of Shirley Jackson and will double down on that comparison with BLISS HOUSE. However, Benedict continues with each new novel to finish the work that Jackson left undone, in tales such as this one, which is frighteningly but beautifully told. Strongly recommended --- but be sure to leave the lights on.Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful. SUCH A PAGE TURNER! By Sue I have read all of Laura's books and loved each and every one. Bliss House grabbed me from page one, my husband and I having recently bought our dream old house...I was hooked. To me the house was the main character, I loved all of the details and descriptions of the house. I felt as though I could see it in my mind's eye. The characters were all interesting and well developed...the story a total page turner. I highly recommend Bliss House and if you enjoy it, I know you will, you should also read Laura's other books....they will not disappoint.
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