A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)! - A Bram Stoker Award Nominee! - A 2024 Legacy Awards Nominee! - A Finalist for the Reading the West Book Awards!
"You can trace the tradition of the American 'Bad Place' from Edgar Allan Poe through Shirley Jackson, Richard Matheson, and Stephen King, all the way to Johnny Compton and The Spite House."
--Neil McRobert, Esquire
"Compton's chilling debut is horror with heart that puts a refreshingly modern spin on the haunted house story... This tense work of gothic horror provides a complex and multidimensional look at how anger, grief, and trauma can strengthen bonds of familial love... Even the most jaded horror fans will be wowed."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)