The House on Chestnut Circle
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Publication date: September 2, 2025
The house Trent Cooper just moved into holds a dark secret.
After quitting his job and relocating to another state to be near his son, Trent takes up residence in a fifty-year-old house in an aging neighborhood. But the home on Chestnut Circle has a tragic past, and as questions about what actually happened there begin to gnaw at him, little does he know how profoundly it will impact his life.
Praise for The House on Chestnut Circle
“‘It might be true that we are all ultimately responsible for ourselves and our happiness, but sometimes … sometimes there’s a little bit of blame left to go around.’
Trent Cooper is hoping for a fresh start in his life, and the move into a new house is meant to signal a new beginning. He is still smarting from the collapse of his marriage to Missy, the demise attributed to infidelity on both sides. The hopes for stability and normalcy don't quite go as planned, as his new home comes with a troubled history. The previous owner took his own life amid questions about the disappearance of his girlfriend. Trent's nights become interrupted by troubling bouts of sleepwalking amid visions of a woman in distress. The sleepwalking even affects his son when he stays overnight at the new house. Trent begins to ask questions of his neighbors and believes that his new home holds the answers to the mystery of a disappearance from twenty-five years ago and the subsequent suicide of his home's previous inhabitant.
Trent is a man affected by the ghosts of the past in this sterling mystery narrative. The unsettled feeling that grips the protagonist is palpable as he questions whether his new abode was once a crime scene. Trent is portrayed as a fallible character, a husband who strayed from his marriage, to his regret, and now yearns for a second chance with his ex-wife. His quest to uncover the truth offers an opportunity for redemption, and his story is truly fascinating. Secrecy, infidelity, and betrayal emerge as the key themes in this novel, and they are played to the hilt. The plot unfolds smoothly, and the revelations are well-timed, culminating in both a thrilling climax and a satisfying conclusion. Fans of a suspenseful whodunit with elements of the supernatural will take to this book with enthusiasm.” — Philip Zozzaro, US Review of Books