Dark and twisted family roots threaten to strangle their home's foundations in this chilling haunted house novel from the award-winning master of modern horror, T. Kingfisher. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom.Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house.Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead the walls are a sterile white. Now, its very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother wont hear a word against Sams long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small southern town.The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, more vultures circle overhead