What Remains of Teague House : A Mystery

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

A crumbling house. A buried past. A family that’s run out of places to hide.

When the Rawlins siblings return to Teague House after their mother’s sudden death, grief is only the beginning. Tucked behind their childhood home are several graves—some long forgotten, one freshly dug. And someone they knew is in it.

Private investigator Maddie Reed is called in to find out who the killer is. But for Maddie, this case is personal. Teague House isn’t just another scene—it’s a door into her own unfinished past.

As Maddie digs deeper, the Rawlins unravel. Whispers of cult influence, hidden abuse, and fractured memories threaten to destroy what little trust remains. Someone is lying. Maybe everyone.

Taut with psychological tension and steeped in gothic unease, What Remains of Teague House is a chilling mystery that explores what we inherit from the people who raised us—and what happens when that legacy turns toxic. This slow-burn suspense debut will resonate with readers who crave complex characters, layered emotional stakes, and the eerie pull of a secret long buried.

A dark, elegant debut perfect for readers of psychological thrillers, domestic suspense, and emotionally charged mysteries that cut to the bone.

"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.