The perfect home. The perfect nightmare?

Seren Carter can’t believe her luck. After working for years as a nurse for people with cancer and living in a tiny apartment with her partner Matt, she’s exhausted, and barely holding herself together. Netherham House is everything she’s never had—the grand rooms, the rolling grounds, the chance to finally breathe. And it’s all hers. She tells herself she deserves this. She tells herself she’s safe.

But after she and Matt move in, a series of intimidating events leaves them unsettled. And the reclusive tenant in the estate cottage—a man with a disturbing past—refuses to leave. Seren tries to ignore it all and focus on the housewarming party she and Matt are looking forward to. But the threats keep coming… each one designed to make her feel like she’s losing her mind.

Someone knows the house’s dark history. Someone wants her gone.

But they’ve underestimated Seren Carter. They have no idea what she’ll do to survive…

© 2026 by T. H. Murdock, all rights reserved.

T. H. Murdock was born in Redruth, Cornwall, and lives in Bristol with his wife and son. Before turning to fiction, he worked as a journalist for fifteen years, in the UK and New Zealand. He is the author of the psychological thrillers The Date and The Best Man. The Dream House is his third novel.