NeutralThere's also Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey, but I haven't remembered much about that book to be honest with you, so I don't know if I could recommend it.
Just Like Home (2022)
Others: Mixed “Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories -- she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there. Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren’t alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back, and is slowly stripping Vera’s childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn’t the one leaving notes around the house in her father’s handwriting… but who else could it possibly be? There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them, and find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.
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- 9781529354584
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- 304 pages
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Loved itIt was quick. It was engaging. I had a good time.
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Not a fanJust Like Home. Didn't love that one.