The title clues you in to how the serial killer works in the small town of Osborne, Nebraska. It leaves things that the victim thinks someone in the family left for them or it moves things around or leaves drawers or cupboards open. It is a planner who does this for months before it makes its first strike with Haley the star of the drama and choir department. It stabs her then makes exes of her eyes and mouth.
This book is told mainly through the eyes of Makani Young (except when it is showing you the viewpoint of the victim right before they die) who had to leave Hawaii due to some big secret thing that happened that everyone down there knows about that made her legally change her last name so no one up here would google her and find out about it. Also, her parents are in the middle of a very contentious divorce and as her grandmother with whom she is living with says "She's my daughter. And I love her, but she's a raging narcissist and she married an asshole". Neither parent ever cared much for her when they were together and they care less now that they are busy tearing each other apart over the divorce.
Makani has made two friends: Alex, a goth girl who plays in the band and Darby a transgender boy whose car they all ride in. Makani obsesses over Ollie a boy she slept with over the summer but when school started neither one talked to the other. They would have brief conversations when they ran into each other because Makani would try to talk to him. It turns out that Ollie is pretty shy and is considered the weird kid of the school because of it and some other stuff from his past and both of them were waiting for the other to make the first move. So pretty soon they've hooked up again. Ollie easily becomes a suspect and after the first two murders even Alex and Darby are thinking it and are worried about her being next. But she's not next. Things become strained between them when the third victim is discovered and they all stop talking to each other. But they're right to be worried because Makani is on the killer's list.
This is a really good book. For a book that clocks in at a little under 300 pages, it does have a high body count. And I would say don't get too attached to the main characters because they're not all going to make it to the end, but you will get attached to them. You can't help yourself. Halfway through you do find out who the killer is so the second half is spent trying to catch them while they continue their spree trying to finish their list. I liked that they didn't figure out why the person was killing everybody. They had their theories and they believed they knew, but like in real life, it's not always easy to figure out why people kill, especially serial killers. Will this book keep you up all night scared? No, but it is creepy and it will keep you up all night turning the pages to find out what happens.
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Link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Theres-Someone-Inside-Your-House-ebook/dp/B01NCUB691/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509369226&sr=8-1&keywords=theres+someone+inside+your+house+stephanie+perkinsIt was sad that people only got along when everybody was unhappy.-Stephanie Perkins (There’s Somebody In Your House p 137)
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