The Mirror House (eBook)

Reflections of Deceit

Kristen Marshall (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
214 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-067938-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Locked in a seemingly idyllic marriage within the walls of the Mirror House, a meticulously restored Victorian, Elara Harding's world begins to shatter with the discovery of a hidden key.  This key unlocks not a storage room, as her husband Rhys claims, but a chilling basement archive of photographs and journals, each belonging to a woman with an unsettling resemblance to Elara herself.  The room, wallpapered in antique, fractured mirrors, becomes a terrifying reflection of the fractured reality closing in around her.
Rhys, once Elara's therapist and now her husband, dismisses her growing unease as a resurgence of childhood anxieties, skillfully weaponizing the vulnerabilities he once helped her navigate.  But a primal instinct tells Elara that something far more sinister is at play. A hidden message, stitched into an antique sampler, leads her to Mrs. Albright, an enigmatic antique shop owner who recognizes a pattern she's seen before - men like Rhys, drawn to women like Elara.
As Elara delves deeper, the occurrences escalate. Whispered phone calls, misplaced items, and a near-fatal 'accident' blur the line between paranoia and reality.  The fractured mirrors of the Mirror House, once a quirky design element, become a tangible symbol of Elara's fracturing psyche.
Guided by Mrs. Albright and aided by a skeptical local historian, Elara uncovers a dark legacy tied to the town's history of vanishing women.  A hidden workshop, filled with tools for creating lifelike wax figures, reveals the horrifying truth of Rhys's obsession.  He isn't just collecting memories; he's recreating his victims in a twisted act of adoration.
During the town's Founder's Day celebration, Elara confronts Rhys before a large antique mirror.  As his carefully crafted façade crumbles, so does the mirror itself, reflecting his fracturing sanity.  He attempts to trap Elara's soul, fulfilling a chilling local legend, but Elara, empowered by her own resilience and the secrets she's unearthed, fights back.
In the aftermath, Elara leaves Alder's Bend, forever changed. The Mirror House remains, a silent testament to the deceit it once held, while Elara carries the scars of her experience and the strength she found within its shattered reflections.  But the question lingers - was Rhys driven by a supernatural force, or was it all a product of his own fractured mind?  Enter the Mirror House and discover the chilling reflections of deceit.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• ISBN-10: 0-00-067938-0 / 0000679380
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-067938-3 / 9780000679383