The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Meet the Posts: Franny, Jim, Sylvia, and Bobby. Two weeks away from their life in Manhattan on the Balearic island of Mallorca sounds like a vacation in paradise.  Joining the family is Bobby’s much older girlfriend Carmen, and Franny’s best friend Charles and his boyfriend, Lawrence.  Told from the viewpoints of all characters, this story is filled with…

Rooms by Lauren Oliver

Estranged family members gather at Richard Walker’s house after he dies but they are not alone.  Two past inhabitants observe them as memories haunt both the living and the dead.  Be warned – this is NOT a horror story.