The House Where Nothing Hurts

'Brilliant, visceral, and haunting . . . This is horror at its slyest and smartest . . . This book is a knockout' ASHLEY WINSTEAD, author of IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE 'A twisty page-turner and a keen meditation on the intimacies and cruelties traded among teenage girls, The House Where Nothing Hurts had me reading late into the night' ALEXIS SCHAITKIN, author of SAINT X As a senior in high school, Leah and her best friend Christian lead their volleyball team to victory after victory. But when Leah, Christian and their team break into their town's haunted mansion to celebrate a win, everything changes. The girls discover that within the house's walls, wounds magically heal, haircuts grow back, even death can be undone. But as the girls' visits to the house turn increasingly dangerous, Leah remains untouched by the house's magic. Desperate to hide her differences, Leah begs her identical twin, Laura, to impersonate her for one night. But the house won't be deceived . . . Twenty years later, Leah has built a life elsewhere - pregnant, and convinced she's carrying twins, despite scans only showing a single baby girl. When a call from the blue pulls Leah back to her hometown, the secrets left in the house are about to collide with the present. 'Saturated both with unsettling dream-logic and sticky 2000s lipgloss, it kept hold of me right to the end' AVERY CURRAN, author of SPOILED MILK 'Seductive and unsettling, vicious and tender . . . a literary horror novel unlike any I've read . . . Ali Fountain is a brilliant, unforgettable voice in fiction' KATIE GUTIERREZ, author of MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW 'A sharp-edged puzzle box of girlhood . . . I read the whole thing straight through, holding my breath' JULIA FINA, author of MADDALENA AND THE DARK