A string of kidnappings has the village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois on edge.

Longtime resident Edgar August thinks he knows who's behind it.

Edgar has a secret. In his spare time, he enjoys looking into his neighbors' windows, observing their private lives. The old doctor who lives behind him has been acting strangely as of late, and witnessing his erratic behaviors over the course of weeks, Edgar begins to suspect that the retired physician, Marcel Dubois, is the kidnapper.

Marcel is indeed up to something—but that something, it turns out, is more horrifying than a mere kidnapping.

The Withering is the third novel in the House of Souls series.


Genre: Horror