Hemlock

Maggie Ellis left the town of Myers thirteen years ago and meant never to return. Behind her she left two men she loved, and a secret about one particular night that has stayed with her ever since.

A death pulls her back. She buys a house in Myers and tells herself the past is finished, but the town is small, and nearly every street has someone on it who remembers her.

The unease starts before the house purchase is even complete. Maggie begins to feel watched inside its walls. Then come strange noises, odd smells and a run of incidents she cannot explain in any ordinary way.

The book is a suspense story with a haunted-house setting, and it keeps its central question open for a long stretch. Maggie may be haunted, she may be the target of someone's deliberate manipulation, or she may be cornered by her own guilt.

What she uncovers about the house and what happened inside it answers that question. It also ties directly back to the night she fled Myers over.