The Caretaker
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publishing:23rd Apr '26
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 23rd April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Follow the Rites...
Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.
From Marcus Kliewer, a new ‘titan of the macabre and unsettling’ (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.
Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.
Besides, it’s only three days’ work…
Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
Follow the Rites...
Follow the Rites...
Follow the Rites...
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Praise for Marcus Kliewer's WE USED TO LIVE HERE: * : *
One of the creepiest stories I've ever read! This twisted tale will haunt my nightmares for a long time to come! * FREIDA McFADDEN, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid *
Inventive and genuinely scary, We Used to Live Here is the most impressive horror debut I've read in a long time. Marcus Kliewer is a talent to watch. * ALMA KATSU, bestselling author of The Hunger *
There is a feeling that a small number of books conjure. It can be distilled to: Oh god, something ain’t right here. Their hallmark is a creeping, unaccountable, jangly dread that seeps into their pages until you almost wish you could stop reading—but of course, it’s too late. You’re in its grip. We Used to Live Here is one of those rare books. * NICK CUTTER, bestselling author of The Troop *
Full of unease and stomach-churning dread, We Used to Live Here creeps up to you like a sly shadow. I wanted to look away. I absolutely could not. Marcus Kliewer is destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling. Read this with every single light on. * ERIN A. CRAIG, No. 1 bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows *
This book is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by the spiral of terror that takes over you when you know nothing seems what it is . . . Is a family really a family? Can a house be something else? We Used to Live Here is going to haunt you even after you have finished it. This is what I call a great book. * AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA, bestselling author of Tender Is the Flesh *
Chilling and filled with a permeating sense of dread from the very first chapter... This is the kind of story that leaves your head spinning for days. * CULTUREFLY *
What begins as a Tremblay-ian exercise in ratcheting tension soon peels away to reveal a mind-bendingly fractal horror story that would make even Danielewski sweat. We Used to Iive Here is an expertly paced and structured nightmare, full of surprises; a thrillingly, chillingly participatory anxiety attack of a book. * NAT CASSIDY, bestselling author of Mary and Nestlings *
We Used to Live Here is a gem of contemporary horror that explores the places we call home with deft and terrifying command that will leave you shaken long after turning the final page. * MATT and HARRISON QUERY, authors of Reddit hit Old Country *
ISBN: 9780857509635
Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 40mm
Weight: 750g
320 pages