Let Her Be Silent: Book Two of The House of Prey: Origins Duology | A Haunting Psychological Horror

April Boulware


Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
4.50 ·
[?] · 6 ratings · 297 pages · Published: 25 Aug 2025
Let Her Be Silent is a slow-burn psychological horror and cult thriller with gothic atmosphere, religious trauma, and a thread of quiet romance and found family. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell’s cold-case suspense, Catriona Ward’s unsettling horror, and Simone St. James’s ghostly mysteries.

Rachel Bagwell’s ghost has found justice.
Bishop Biddle is dead.


But for Emily Lyles, the night of his death is only the beginning. When the shock fades, she’s left with a truth she can’t unsee—she was raised in a cult, and its rot runs deeper in her family than she ever imagined.

With Wanda’s fierce loyalty and Kade’s quiet strength at her side, Emily begins to investigate the decades-old disappearance of Rachel Bagwell, a teenage girl from her church. What starts as a search through rumors and forgotten letters soon stirs something restless in the shadows… something watching her.

The closer she gets to the truth, the more the past presses in—through half-remembered nightmares, whispered warnings, and the ghost of a lingering presence too warm against her skin. The trail leads to a small blue house, a retired schoolteacher with a steel-trap memory, and a truth so dangerous it’s been buried for thirty years.

Now Emily must decide how much she’s willing to lose to uncover what happened to Rachel—
…and whether she can survive knowing the answer.

The House’s Daughter is Book One of the Origins Duology in the haunting House of Prey series. Let Her Be Silent continues this story as we see Emily struggle to escape—and uncover—the cult’s darkest secrets.

A House of Prey Novel

Don’t miss the continuation of Emily’s journey in Book Three, Waiting at the Well—coming soon.
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