Slade House by David Mitchell, 241 pages.
A precious teenager and his mother go to visit a lady in her house through a gate that only sometimes exists. A police officer comes investigating a tip on a long cold disappearance case. A group of college students investigates the paranormal in a mysterious alley. A reporter searches desperately for any sign of her long missing sister. All go into Slade House, none come out. Every nine years the house needs a soul, and it will not go hungry.
This was a really interesting novel. Every nine years we follow a different perspective, so the audience slowly understands more of what is going on even if the protagonists do not. It was very satisfying to see the pieces start clicking into place as the picture moves from being completely baffling to totally understandable. A pretty neat little novel overall.
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