You can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCour in this paranormal mystery YA about the ghosts we carry with us. Something is building, simmering just out of reach. The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can't shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she's haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he's still there. Layla doesn't see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can't wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she's too preoccupied with confusing feelings for Mira to see much else. But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to find the connection before Mira becomes the ninth. Readers won't be able to put down this tender thriller that includes over thirty interior black and white photos by the author!

Something is building, simmering just out of reach. . .

About the Author
Meriam Metoui is a writer, book editor, and (when she has the time) a photographer. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Hunter College, where she received a master's degree in English literature. Born in Tunisia, she now lives in Detroit, Michigan with her partner and puppy. Both are sweet except when they're hungry. A Guide to the Dark is her first novel.


Book Information
ISBN 9781250863218
Author Meriam Metoui
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint St Martin's Press
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 470g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 146mm * 32mm