Ritchie Naughton's life is falling apart. After returning home on a break from work one afternoon, he discovers his long-time girlfriend in bed with a football player. The shock triggers a heart condition that Ritchie never knew about. After all this, Ritchie makes a decision to move back to New Jersey and into his sister's basement. Ritchie finally he finds a job as a staff photographer at a local paper. The paper has an older camera for Ritchie to use, and is only inscribed with the name Denlax. Along with his newspaper gig, Ritchie reluctantly agrees to work for his uncle in order to provide picture proof of his aunt's infidelity. With this side gig, Ritchie finds that the camera produces disturbing images of other worlds. Soon, the Denlax drags Ritchie into a dangerous world with extreme consequences.
In the House of Mirrors is a slow-burning horror that sucked me in with great characters and a unique plot. From the beginning, I never quite knew which way the book would take me and that made me keep reading. All of the characters, human and otherwise were thoroughly created. The camera itself was the most intriguing, bringing is elements of horror, supernatural, and the occult. The mystery of the Denlax kept me guessing as the pictures with imperfections soon showed separate worlds and beings that moved within the picture, sort of like an otherworldly camera obscura. I loved the history behind the camera and the story that was passed down along with it. As Ritchie learned about the camera, he began to change, but not as I would have suspected. The pieces started to fall together as the story wrapped up and the horror, suspense and gruesomeness of the acts that the camera precipitated. Overall, an intense and different horror read. ( )