Sharp-witted attorney Angela Toussaint spent months recovering after her son Corey shot himself in the cellar of her grandmother's house. Now, estranged from her husband, Tariq, and rebuilding her life, she returns to the 'Good House' - named for her grandmother's reputation as a mystical healer - to find a reason for Corey's suicide. Unable to face Corey's room or the spot where he died, Angela questions the wisdom of her visit - but it is already too late. Strange things have been happening in the town since Corey's death: The school principal's mild-mannered brother tried to strangle her; a local mill worker stepped out in front of a logging truck in a bizarre suicide; and now Onyx, a friend's dog, is missing.
As Angela struggles to understand her son's death, she uncovers startling truths about her family and the role she must play in the fate of the town. Expertly weaving a subtle tapestry of fear in this "subtle tale of terror", Due takes her place alongside literary horror masters such as Stephen King and Anne Rice.
