Theme Music: A Novel

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"If you've been looking for your newest horror obsession after The Haunting of Hill House, read this one next."--BuzzFeed

She didn't run from her dark past. She moved in.

For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it; but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and then slashed a knife across his own throat. Only one-year-old Dixie was spared, becoming infamously known as Baby Blue for the song left playing in the aftermath of the slaughter.

Twenty-five years later, Dixie is still desperate for a connection to the family she can't remember. So when her childhood home goes up for sale, Dixie sets aside all reason and moves in. But as the ghosts of her family seemingly begin to take up residence in the house that was once theirs, Dixie starts to question her sanity and wonders if the evil force menacing her is that of her father or a demon of her own making.

In order to make sense of her present, Dixie becomes determined to unravel the truth of her past and seeks out the detective who originally investigated the murders. But the more she learns, the more she opens up the uncomfortable possibility that the sins of her father may belong to another. As bodies begin to pile up around her, Dixie must find a way to expose the lunacy behind her family's massacre to save her few loved ones who are still alive--and whatever scrap of sanity she has left.
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400 pages

Average rating: 7.02

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Pavlinas
Aug 17, 2023
10/10 stars
Wow! This book was so creepy, scary, and just well written! I couldn't stop listening it was crazy good!
Hartfullofbooks
May 07, 2023
1/10 star
This was just a complete mess. The writing was amateur and the plot was so confusing I still don’t really understand what the hell was going on. A very poor version of the “are they possessed or just crazy” trope. There’s too many ideas here and none of them are well done. You have the final girl, the haunted house, the family murder, the serial killer, the red herrings, the mystery, the cop drama, etc. it’s just way too much and none of it weave...read more
Anonymous
Apr 24, 2023
8/10 stars
This book is graphic and unflinching, which I found very cool. It was a little confusing and tried to be too many things at once, but it was an engaging read and kept me guessing. Well worth your time.
Maj.
Feb 22, 2023
3/10 stars
Didn't live up to hype could have passed on this one seemed extremely long for no apparent reason

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