Doll House - by John Hunt (Hardcover)

About the Book

Olivia is excited for university. On the night she moves in, she is taken off the street by two masked men. She is placed in a room which is little more than a cell. A pink cell. A room made for a doll. She is now part of their collection.

Book Synopsis

"A book of the year!" -Buried in a Book

"This book is not for the faint of heart. It's deliciously dark and gruesome." -Where the Reader Grows

She vanished on her first night at university. Five years later, her father's phone rings.

When Olivia is abducted from a quiet campus road, the crime takes seconds. For her father, Harry, the nightmare never ends. Five years of drinking. Five years of guilt. Five years of imagining his daughter dead in a ditch while the police search goes cold and the world moves on. Everyone tells him to accept it. To grieve. To let go.

Then the phone rings.

"Daddy."

Olivia is alive. But alive doesn't mean safe.

Held captive in a meticulously designed pink room, tortured by two masked men who treat her like a possession, Olivia has survived through sheer defiance. Piece by piece, they've tried to break her. Piece by piece, she has endured.

Now the clock is running.

As Harry claws his way out of alcoholism and back into the fight, father and daughter wage parallel battles-one to survive, the other to find her before she disappears forever.

Doll House is a psychological thriller that earns every scar it leaves behind. Dark, visceral, and emotionally unrelenting, it is the story of a woman who was taken apart and refused to be finished, and a father who loved her imperfectly and completely.

Some monsters wear masks. The ones who do not are the ones worth fearing.

Review Quotes

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"It is pure horror." -Kat Loves Books Blog

"Olivia. She's a brilliant character, broken, but trying to survive on her terms." -Ginger Nuts of Horror

"The female lead, Olivia, is a great character. She reminded me of Jamie Lee Curtis." -Cedar Hollow Horror Reviews

"It is certainly shocking and gruesome, but John Hunt manages it quite impressively." -The Novel Pursuit

"I was engaged from the very first to the very end." -Strong Book Reviews

"Doll House is a deeply felt and admirably realized tale of an unending real-life nightmare." -Mallory Heart Reviews

"My head is spinning... I was clenching my hands and biting my nails the WHOLE time." -After the Pages

"I absolutely loved this book." -Bolton Library

"If you want a 'scare your pants off' type horror thriller, then look no further." -Clues and Reviews

"Doll House was one heck of a psychological thrill ride!" -Butterfly's Booknerdia Blog

"...the author has created a masterpiece thriller." -Gothic Moms

"Superb book in a gruesome way." -Love Books 'n' Family

"A book of the year!" -Buried in a Book

"This book is not for the faint of heart. It's deliciously dark and gruesome." -Where the Reader Grows