<p><b>In Emily Carroll''s haunting adult graphic novel horror story <i>A Guest in the House</i>, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to realize that there¿s a dark mystery surrounding his former wife¿s death.<br></b><br>After many lonely years, Abby¿s just gotten married. She met her new husband¿a recently widowed dentist¿when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it¿s strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband¿s first wife, the more things don¿t add up. And Abby starts to wonder . . . was Sheila¿s death really by natural causes? As Abby sinks deeper into confusion, Sheila¿s memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life.<br><br>Emily''s masterful balance of black and white, surreal colors, rich textures, and dramatic lettering i