Kaplan takes a little bit of Hill House and a little bit of the Winchester mansion and comes up with Wakefield Hall, in this Southern Gothic that kept me reading all night. Sam has come back to her ancestral home to live with her mother, and they are shortly joined by Sam’s heavily pregnant sister, Elizabeth. Sam and her family are able to “see” memories. And watch their ancestors walk though the house going about their business; they even see younger versions of themselves. Unusual, but the “ghosts” seem to be merely recordings of events past. They do not interact with Sam and her family and seem unaware of their presence. That all changes when Elizabeth arrives and Sam begins seeing a young boy, one who takes pleasure in killing animals. The boy is even able to interact with the past, killing one of Sam’s ancestors right in front of her. The boy reaches out to Sam too, calling her auntie and she becomes convinced the boy is Julian, the child her sister is about to give birth to. It’s clear that the boy is a monster, but how far will Sam go to make sure “Julian” can never hurt anyone? This is one of the most intelligent, well written horror stories I’ve ever read and it scare the crap out of me. Highly recommended