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Witty haunting and kind Under the Whispering Door is a gift for troubled times TJ Klune brings us a warm hug of a story about a man who spent his life at the office and his afterlife building a home

From the author of joyous New York Times bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea

Welcome to Charons Crossing
The tea is hot the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through

When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own sparselyattended funeral Wallace is outraged But he begins to suspect shes right and he is in fact dead Then when Hugo owner of a most peculiar tea shop promises to help him cross over Wallace reluctantly accepts the truth

Yet even in death he refuses to abandon his life even though Wallace spent all of it working correcting colleagues and hectoring employees Hed had no time for frivolities like fun and friends But as Wallace drinks tea with Hugo and talks to his customers he wonders if he was missing something

The feeling grows as he shares jokes with the resident ghost manifests embarrassing footwear and notices the stars So when hes given one week to pass through the door to the other side Wallace sets about living a lifetime in just seven days

Fans of A Man Called Ove and The Good Place will fall for this queer love story by TJ Klune

Praise for TJ Klunes The House in the Cerulean Sea

I loved it It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket Simply perfect
V E Schwab no1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

A modern fairy tale about learning your true nature and what you love and will protect Its a beautiful book
Charlaine Harris no1 New York Times bestselling author

1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in Touching tender and truly delightful
Gail Carriger New York Times bestselling author of Soulless

A witty wholesome fantasy thats likely to cause heartswelling
The Washington Post