It begins with a call one snowy February night. Lying in her bed, fourteen-year-old Sylvie Mason overhears her parents on the phone across the hall. This is not the first late-night call they have received, since her mother and father have an uncommon occupation: helping 'haunted souls' find peace. And yet something in Sylvie senses that this call is different from the others, especially when they are lured to the old church on the outskirts of town. Once there, her parents disappear, one after the other, behind the church's red door, leaving Sylvie alone in the car. Not long after, she drifts off to sleep, only to wake to the sound of gunfire. 
As the story weaves back and forth through the years leading up to that night and the months following, the ever-inquisitive Sylvie searched for answers and uncovers secrets that have haunted her family for years . . .
Help for the Haunted is a psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, told in the captivating voice of a young heroine who is determined to discover the truth about what happened that winter night.

Help for the Haunted

"A winner: tense and terrifying with a twist you'll never see coming. You won't soon forget these characters and the shocking ways their lives intersect." -- Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told MeEvery marriage has its secrets.. Skyla lives alone in the shadow of the defunct drive-in movie theater that she and her husband ran for nearly fifty years. Ever since Hollis's death in a freak accident the year before, Skyla spends her nights ruminating about the regrets and deceptions in her long marriage. That is, until she rents a cottage on the property to a charming British man, Teddy Cornwell.. A thousand miles away, Linelle is about to turn fifty. Bored by her spouse and fired from her job when a questionable photo from her youth surfaces on social media, her only source of joy is an on-line affair with her very first love, a man she's not seen in nearly thirty years, Teddy Cornwell.While in New York City, Jeremy, a failed and bitter writer, accepts an assignment to review a new restaurant in Providence. Years ago, Providence was the site of his first great love and first great heartbreak-and maybe, just maybe, he'll look her up when he's back in town.Part page-turning thriller, part homage to film noir, and dazzling in its insight into the often desperate desires of the human heart, Her Last Affair is a tense and atmospheric novel of love lost and found again.

Her Last Affair - A Novel

Tout commence par un appel téléphonique, une nuit neigeuse de février. Couchée dans son lit, la jeune Sylvie Mason entend ses parents au téléphone à l’autre bout du couloir. Ce n’est pas la première fois qu’on les appelle si tard car ils ont une occupation pour le moins inhabituelle : ils prêtent main-forte aux « âmes tourmentées » pour les aider à retrouver la paix. Mais cette fois, Sylvie sent que cet appel n’est pas comme les autres, d’autant qu’on les convainc de se rendre à la vieille église à l’orée de la ville. Là, ses parents disparaissent, l’un après l’autre, par les portes rouges de l’édifice, laissant Sylvie seule dans la voiture. Bientôt, elle s’endort… réveillée un peu plus tard par des coups de feu. Au fil du roman, qui oscille entre les années ayant mené à cette nuit-là et les mois qui suivirent, la jeune Sylvie n’aura de cesse de chercher les réponses aux questions qui la harcèlent, quitte à découvrir des secrets qui hantent sa famille depuis des années.

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