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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Based on a review in the article below I just finished:

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons.

“Siddons conjures anxiety from the ordinary in this slow-burn, Southern Gothic thriller — one of the best haunted house tales of the last century. The book’s narrator, a wealthy Atlanta woman, is living a picture-perfect suburban life, until someone builds a house on the vacant lot next door. It quickly becomes clear that there is something malevolent about the new build, which infects anyone who enters it with scandal, suffering and, ultimately, death.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/books/paranoia-thriller-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU8._RPN.upBzXBSCOu8X&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Partway through I realized I had read it before (came out in the 1970’s)  but continued to read because my memory was fuzzy and I was enjoying it. Great story that kept me engaged throughout.

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Anne Rivers Siddons had a HOLD on me in the 90s - Colony and Outer banks were my favorites.  Her earlier stuff was really good, too.  Loved her writing so much.  She was a master!

(that said, the ones she wrote at the end were bad. Really bad.  Like make me angry and hurl the book across the room bad - so if you want to dive into Anne Rovers Siddons, avoid those entirely. Don't read anything published after 2010 (and even some of the 2000's start to be a little suspect). [/quote]

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