Something Bad Happened Here: A horrifying haunted house novella

Something Bad Happened Here: A horrifying haunted house novella

by Zoe Rosi

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Amazon:★★★3.4(40)
Goodreads:★★★3.35(85)
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Added on February 20, 2026

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Lost and unmoored after her mother’s death, Carmen drifts from place to place. Moving from one Airbnb to the next, she is a ghost in the towns she passes through—an outsider, never quite belonging.With her inheritance dwindling away, and determined to stop drifting, Carmen decides it’s time to settle. Time to buy a little house, close the door, and try to rebuild her life.When she finds a surprisingly cheap property on a nice street, Carmen thinks she’s struck gold, until the estate agent hesitates. The house has a history, she warns. Something unspeakable happened there. A murder so brutal she can barely bring herself to describe it.But Carmen isn’t easily spooked. The house wasn’t to blame. And a bargain is a bargain. Ghosts aren’t real. Hauntings are just superstition.Yet, as Carmen turns her key in the lock, a thought haunts her:What if she’s wrong?What if walls really do remember?Something Bad Happened Here is a chilling haunted house story which deals with themes of spirits and possession. It will appeal to fans of The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty and Come Closer by Sara Gran.

Reader Reviews

★★★★Ga.selle (Semi-hiatus) Jones

3.5✨

★★OutlawPoet

Nope.The two stars here is generous. I mean, I finished it but it was a bit of a struggle.For most of the book, almost nothing happens. As you get to the end, your meek and bleak little haunted house story (sort of) takes a left turn and you've got frantic parking lot sex, boozing it up with a homeless guy and...the thing that happens in the end.Our MC has zero personality for the whole of the book. The book starts with another POV character who just disappears partway through. Nothing happens t

★★★Jim Holscher

Thank you to Xpresso Book Tours and NetGalley for the digital Arc of this on. This is coming out October 25th, 2025 which is a perfect time for it.Here we are following Carmen who is an Editor and is looking for a change of pace. She happens upon a house for sale that is too good to be true. You know where this is going and therein lies the rub.The writing was good and I appreciated the quality as there was nary a misspelling or any grammatical mishaps. Ultimately I landed in a solid 3 stars. I

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