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The Haunting of Room 904

Flatiron. Mar. 2025. 320p. ISBN 9781250908599. $28.99. HORROR
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Olivia Becente, a successful paranormal investigator in Denver, abandoned her academic career after the death of her sister Naiche. That loss awakened her supernatural abilities. Then the hotel where her sister died contacts Olivia about a job. Every five years, a woman dies in room 904, three weeks exactly after their stay. Nothing has been able to prevent the deaths. Unlike the other ghosts Olivia has encountered, whatever is haunting the Brown Palace does not need to tell its story so that it can leave this world. These spirits do not want understanding or redemption. As the explanation for the haunting is revealed, readers will be quickly drawn into the story, driven forward to find out more. The book explores guilt as a kind of haunting and is a contemporary ghost story with great crossover potential. Wurth (White Horse) takes the idea of a haunted house and makes it something entirely new. The book leaves readers wanting more stories about Olivia and her friends.
VERDICT A ghost story cleverly blended with a mystery, ideal for those who appreciate genre-blended horror and fans of books such as Shutter by Ramona Emerson.
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