What Remains of Teague House - by Stacy Johns (Paperback)

About the Book

"When the Rawlins family matriarch unexpectedly passes, all three adult children rush home. What they find is a house bursting with grief and, unexpectedly, multiple bodies buried in their woods. One grave dug just this past week... Is Robby, who's hidden multiple affairs and lives as a freeloader on the property, somehow involved in the most recent murder? Is his sister, Sandra, experiencing false memories of her late-father digging near where the old bodies are found? Why is Aunt Phil in such a rush to leave town after her late sister's funeral? Enter Detective Maddie Reed, who has her own reasons for being curious about the bodies buried behind Teague House. Maddie sets out to unmask a killer. One Maddie may have been hunting all her life. WHAT REMAINS OF TEAGUE HOUSE is a moving family mystery with a poignant examination of grief, trauma, and the lengths we'll go to protect the ones we hold dear"--

Book Synopsis

"This mystery is impossible to put down." -- Edgar-nominated author Jess Lourey

For readers of Megan Collins with the taut character study of Angie Kim comes a searing mystery that follows three siblings as they reckon with the darkness hidden within their family after multiple graves are discovered behind their childhood home.

All families are complicated. But not all families have bodies buried in their backyard.

One put there just that week...

When the Rawlins family matriarch unexpectedly passes, all three adult children rush home. What they find is a house bursting with grief, dark memories surfacing around each corner, and multiple bodies buried deep in the woods. The Rawlins want to believe the discovery points to a crime long past.

But one of the graves behind Teague House is fresh, the earth disturbed just that week--and its inhabitant a local woman they all knew.

Is the youngest Rawlins sibling with something to hide somehow involved in her murder? Is his sister experiencing false memories of her late father digging near the graves? And why is the Rawlins aunt in such a rush to leave town after her sister's funeral?

Enter private detective Maddie Reed, who has her own reasons for being curious about the bodies buried behind Teague House. Maddie sets out to unmask a killer. One she may have been hunting all her life.

Review Quotes

"Part murder mystery, part family saga, a dash of Gothic horror--and totally gripping! What Remains of Teague House had me hooked from the first atmospheric page to the last chilling twist. Don't miss it!" -- Andrew DeYoung, The Day He Never Came Home

"Who doesn't love a dark and twisty family saga with literal bodies buried in the backyard? In What Remains of Teague House, Johns give us the ominous mystery of the Rawlins family, where shocking sibling secrets are revealed in the wake of their matriarch's death. Set against the foreboding Teague House, Johns slowly builds a delicious tapestry of murder, betrayal, and a twist ending that had me guessing until the final pages. A compulsively readable debut." -- Kali White, author of The Monsters We Make

"A thrilling story of murder, betrayal, and a family home that hides dark secrets. I couldn't put it down!" -- Stacie Grey, author of She Left

"An impressive first novel from Stacy Johns, What Remains of Teague House is a sinister mystery wrapped within layers of secrets harbored by the members of the dysfunctional Rawlins family. Effectively told from multiple points-of-view, the story follows a somber gathering of three siblings for their mother's funeral at their gloomy childhood home. The home has enough sordid history--including the father's suicide--but nothing that compares to the chance unearthing of multiple corpses in the woods located on residence grounds. Every character is delightfully gray, each with their own secrets, and it's up to private detective Maddie Reed to solve a dark mystery decades in the making. A powerful debut, and one that will keep you guessing." -- Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of The Father She Went to Find

"Prepare to be captivated by What Remains of Teague House, the kind of slow-burn suspense that hooks you with every twist while drawing you deep into its aching exploration of family bonds and secrets. With gorgeous writing and characters so vividly drawn that you'll feel like you've known them your whole life, this mystery is impossible to put down." -- Edgar-nominated author Jess Lourey