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During a twilight cocktail gathering, a young writer is drawn into the orbit of a beautiful widow whose story intertwines loss, memory, and the supernatural. She recounts the disappearance of her English professor husband, the death of her stepson in distant combat, and the haunting visions that haunt their lives. The Belvedere House, a striking mansion with features suggestive of hidden faces, becomes the center of a deeply psychological ghost tale about family curse, remorse, and the fragile boundaries between reality and the unseen.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: John Langan
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