Books like The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn’s The Grownup follows a young psychic who is struggling to make ends meet by staging harmless frauds. On a rainy April morning, she practices aura reading at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke arrives. Susan, a wealthy but tormented woman, invites the psychic to her eerie Victorian home—a place saturated with fear and grief. As the psychic probes deeper, she begins to suspect the spirits are more than mere trickery. Complicating matters is Susan’s teenage stepson, Miles, whose unsettling demeanor and vivid imagination suggest a deeper malevolence. Together, they must confront the source of the haunting and determine whether escape is possible.
The novel blends psychological suspense with supernatural elements, exploring the thin line between deception and truth.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Gillian Flynn
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