The Good House
Categories African American , Horror & Supernatural
My grandmother's house was big, old, and beautiful, with enormous trees and a cool-in-the-summertime basement. It sat high on a hill with an impossible set of steps leading up to it from the road.
In The Good House (2003) by Tananarive Due, the grandmother's house is a lot like that, including the steps, except it is located in a place that is alternately blessed and evil. The characters in the book, led by strong-willed and sensible Angela, are gradually and helplessly drawn down into the whirlpool of evil that was mistakenly set loose through vodou by her grandmother Marie.
There is a bit of the classic Haunted House tale in the book, but the story is more creepily centered in the woods where there is magic and magic gone wrong. Due has a gift for plot twists and turns. The characters ring true, and the underlying sense of place sets the tone for a very creepy story.
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