Let Him In by William Friend

Daddy, there's a man in our room. . . "
Alfie wakes one night to find his twin daughters at the foot of his bed, claiming
there's a shadowy figure in their bedroom. When no such thing can be found,
he assumes the girls had a nightmare.
He isn't surprised that they're troubled. Grief has made its home at Hart
House: nine months ago, the twins' mother Pippa died unexpectedly, leaving
Alfie to raise them alone. And now, when the girls mention a new imaginary
friend, it seems like a harmless coping mechanism. But the situation quickly
develops into something more insidious. The girls set an extra place for him at
the table. They whisper to him. They say he's going to take them away. . .
Alfie calls upon Julia - Pippa's sister and a psychiatrist - to oust the malignant
tenant from their lives. But as Alfie himself is haunted by visions and someone
watches him at night, he begins to question the truecharacter of the force that
has poisoned his daughters' minds, with dark and violent consequences.
Whatever this "friend" is, he doesn't want to leave. Alfie will have to confront
his own shameful secrets, the dark past of Hart House, and even the bounds
of reality - or risk taking part in an unspeakable tragedy.

WILL FRIEND works as a Hansard reporter for the House of Commons. He
lives in Hertfordshire with his partner. This is his debut.

Sourcebooks
On Sale: Oct 3/23
240 pages
9781728275185 • $39.99 • cl
Fiction / Horror