The House Next Door

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The House Next Door is a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons. The novel concerns Colquitt and Walter Kennedy, who live placidly in a quiet, upscale suburb until a house is built on the lot next door. The house exudes a strange power that violently alters the lives of everyone and everything around it, including three owners, the Kennedys themselves, and the very architect who built it.

The novel is noteworthy for being a story of a contemporary haunted house and has been referred to as "The Making of A Haunted House." It was made into a TV movie in 2006.

Tropes used in The House Next Door include: