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Sarah Crane’s life shatters when her father is imprisoned for a fatal barroom brawl. Forced into a loveless foster home, she finds solace with classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient, and art teacher Bettina Phillips. Bettina’s ancestral mansion, Shutters, holds a sinister past that surfaces through Sarah’s paintings and Nick’s haunting visions. As the supernatural forces of the house’s history begin to emerge, Sarah and Nick must confront the violent legacy locked within Shutters and decide whether to wield this newfound power for revenge or redemption.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: John Saul
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