The House by the Cemetery

Six Feet Under meets Succession with a gothic twist after the suspicious death of a midwestern funeral home
empire’s wealthy patriarch in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs’ dark, twisty, horror-tinged new
series for readers of Megan Collins, Samantha Downing, Stacy Willingham, and Rachel Hawkins.
In Gold Creek, Michigan, legend has that the ghost of a local grave digger still walks the cemetery, swinging his
shovel, looking for his next victim to bury. But when the town’s wealthy undertaker dies, his estranged daughter
must contend with the ghosts that haunt her own family . . .
After she left home at seventeen, River Gold swore she would never return to Gold Creek. Growing up at the
Gold Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens was a nightmare. Classmates constantly teased her for being part
of the “Ghoul” family, while her own family denied that she was actually a Gold. Her father, undertaker Gregory
Gold, certainly never acted like a father. He was far more interested in profiting off other people’s tragedies.
But now Gregory has died. And River has surrendered to her mother, Fiona’s, pleas that she come back for his
funeral.
But the mourning period is cut short when it’s revealed that Gregory died of poisoning—and Fiona is arrested
for his murder. Clearly, Fiona, his third wife and the funeral home’s cosmetologist, is being framed. There are
plenty of more likely suspects, and River is determined to prove her mother’s innocence. That she’ll have to
work with the sheriff—her high school enemy—is a small price to pay.
With a fortune at stake, River is sure the killer lies among Gregory’s first two wives, their children, and
grandchildren. Yet soon, other discoveries will be made, and longstanding secrets unearthed. But when
teenagers start disappearing from the cemetery, the danger hits closer to home than River imagined possible.
Drawn back into the lives—and lies—of the Golds—she’ll have to use her every resource to keep herself, and
her loved ones, safe.