Five Mile House cover

Five Mile House

by Karen Novak

"Eleanor Bly haunts Five Mile House, waiting to tell someone the terrible truth about her life and death. In 1899, Eleanor mysteriously murdered her children and jumped from the tower window. One hundred years later, she finds Leslie who bears an uncanny resemblance to Eleanor and is sympathetic if only because of the ghosts she carries herself.". "In a moment of temporary insanity, Leslie shoots and kills the suspected perpetrator of a hideous child murder. When evidence is inconclusive, Leslie enters a severe depression and is institutionalized. After her release, her husband, in an effort to change their environment, moves his family to the small New England town of Wellington where he has been lured by the town's most powerful family to restore the mysterious Five Mile House. It doesn't take long for them to hear about the nineteenth-century madwoman who killed her children in the house. Leslie soon becomes obsessed with Eleanor's story and entangles herself in the dark secrets of Five Mile House and the town itself, locally known for its coven of Wiccan followers." "As the paths of both women dangerously converge, history may indeed repeat itself."--BOOK JACKET.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?