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  • Published: 17 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464230936
  • Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $29.99
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What Remains of Teague House




A gripping multi-POV novel that blends the literary suspense of Angie Kim and the personality of Mother-Daughter Murder Night following the Rawlins siblings as they discover that all families may be complicated, but not all families have multiple bodies buried in their backyard. One put there just last week...

"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.

  • Published: 17 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464230936
  • Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Stacy Johns

Stacy Johns grew up in small-town New England and transplanted to Oregon for more space. A long-time librarian and resident of the coast, she now makes her home in the Willamette Valley. Stacy is a graduate of the Kidd Creative Writing Workshops at UofO and an award-winning writer in the 2020 PNWA mystery category, as well as a Nancy Pearl finalist. She’s a member of the Willamette Writers Association and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, and she enjoys running and cooking healthy treats when not compulsively reading or writing.

Praise for What Remains of Teague House

Prepare to be captivated by What Remains of Teague House, the kind of slow-burn suspense that hooks you with every twist while drawing you deep into its aching exploration of family bonds and secrets. With gorgeous writing and characters so vividly drawn that you'll feel like you’ve known them your whole life, this mystery is impossible to put down.

Edgar-nominated author Jess Lourey

A thrilling story of murder, betrayal, and a family home that hides dark secrets. I couldn't put it down!

Stacie Grey, author of She Left
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