Susie lives in Winnipeg,
Canada with her two sons. Susie is currently at work on her fourth
novel.
The
Dwelling (2003) UK title, 362 Belisle St
The central "character" in Susie Moloney's second novel,
is a two-story property with a Murphy bed, a working fireplace,
phantom music that tinkles faintly at night and a collection of
manipulative demons that play to the residents' vulnerabilities.
The first buyers are a young couple whose marital tensions and financial
strains leave them susceptible to the building's malevolent spirits.
Then a divorced mother and her overweight, introverted son are seduced
by the apparition of a playful orphan called Mariette. A near-alcoholic
writer recovering from an intense break-up is the next to move in,
only to suffer hallucinations of his dead father swinging from the
ceiling. Moloney manipulates the tension artfully, giving the reader
glimpses of the house's history and leading to a suitably grotesque
ending.
Rights Sold
US - Atria Books; Canada - Random House of Canada; Holland - De
Boekerij; UK - Michael Josephs
"If the best measure of a horror story is how scary it is,
Susie Moloney's new novel is a success. This book will scare the
bejesus out of you...not via an excess of blood or violence, but
by conveying a pervasive atmosphere of the macabre. The Dwelling,
like most good horror stories, contains a large dollop of mystery...[and]
stellar characters."
Douglas J. Johnston, Winnipeg Free Press
A
Dry Spell (1997)
Susie's first novel, Bastion Falls (Dell, 1995) was likened to Stephen
King. Her second novel, was the highly praised supernatural thriller,
"Moloney intertwines powerful psychological, supernatural,
and sexual undercurrents…An absorbing rainy-afternoon read."
- Entertainment Weekly
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