THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of USA Today's Best Books of 2020In this chilling thriller, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father's bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound-and dangerous-secrets hidden within its walls?Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His horror memoir of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity-and skepticism.Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she also doesn't believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don't exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father's death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie's father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself-a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father's book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.Alternating between Maggie's uneasy homecoming and chapters from her father's book, Home Before Dark is the story of a house with long-buried secrets and a woman's quest to uncover them-even if the truth is far more terrifying than any haunting.Story Locale: Vermont

• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The hardcover of Home Before Dark debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #8. • SAGER'S GROWING BRAND: Sager is developing a strong following among readers who love this finely crafted style of thriller, and the popularity of these books shows no signs of slowing down. His most recent release, Survive the Night was an instant NYT bestseller, hitting #6 on the list-Sager's highest ranking yet-with sales up at accounts. • AMAZING COVERAGE FOR HC: Home Before Dark was picked up by Book-of-the-Month Club, making Riley Sager their only four-time author; was the first horror book to receive Suspense Magazine's Crimson Scribe Award; was included in numerous round ups; was included in USA Today's "Best Books of 2020"; and received fantastic reviews from outlets like NYTBR and Rolling Stone. • HORROR THEMES: This is Sager's fourth book, and offers a return to the motif of cursed spaces-Sager has written stories that take place in a cabin, summer camp, and apartment building of horrors. This theme offers great packaging opportunities. Horror is having a cultural resurgence, making this book a timely summer read! • • ON THE SCREEN: Film rights to Home Before Dark have been optioned by Sony Pictures and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers behind Stranger Things.