The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION / 1980]

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [1980] BALLANTINE BOOKS

6th printing / 1980.   Mass market paperback in very good condition.  Shelf / rub wear to cover and some creasing to spine.   Interior reads good as new.  *tiny signature from orig. owner on first page. 

An unparalleled picture of that vibrant but dark intersection where the Old and the New South collide.

Thirtysomething Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live in a charming, peaceful suburb of newly bustling Atlanta, Georgia. Life is made up of enjoyable work, long, lazy weekends, and the company of good neighbors. Then, to their shock, construction starts on the vacant lot next door, a wooded hillside they'd believed would always remain undeveloped. Disappointed by their diminished privacy, Colquitt and Walter soon realize something more is wrong with the house next door. Surely the house can't be "haunted," yet it seems to destroy the goodness of every person who comes to live in it, until the entire heart of this friendly neighborhood threatens to be torn apart.