01937cam a2200313 i 4500 381811510 TxAuBib 20190506120000.0 180813s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018037320 9780385541381 0385541384 (OCoLC)1048660648 TxAuBib rda McMahon, Jennifer. The invited : a novel / by Jennifer McMahon. First Edition. New York : Doubleday, 2019. 353 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of THE WINTER PEOPLE returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house, they start building one from scratch, without knowing it, until it's too late... In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter. Nearly a century later, a young married couple, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia to begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams on the same forty-four acres of rural land where Hattie once lived. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by Hattie's story and the tragic legend of her descendants, three generations of "Breckenridge women," each of whom died amid suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something elusive and dangerous in the present day"-- Provided by publisher. 20190506. Ghost stories. Thrillers (Fiction.) Suspense fiction. TXLVP