The Homing by John Saul

"INTENSE ACTION...THE SORT OF OLD-FASHIONED TERRORS THAT HAVE MADE HIM THE MOST CONSISTENTLY BESTSELLING HORROR WRITER NEXT
TO KING AND KOONTZ."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
After years of living in Los Angeles, pretty young widow Karen Spellman and her two daughters are leaving urban chaos behind to return to the lush, verdant countryside of Karen's childhood, where she plans to marry her high school sweetheart. But their newfound bliss will soon turn to terror.... "[A] FAST-PACED THRILLER...CREEPILY COMPELLING." -Kirkus Reviews
Something sinister awaits the Spellmans. Something so hideous it seems not earthly, but spawned in hell. For here, long ago, amid placid rolling fields, a shadowy menace once stalked the innocent. Dormant, it waits-waits for summer's heat to shimmer over the valley in a suffocating wave; waits for the arrival of its perfect victim....
"SAUL HAS THE INSTINCTS OF A NATURAL STORYTELLER."
-People
And now, with the dizzying descent of a nightmare, Karen's homecoming will become a confrontation with evil, as she struggles to protect her vulnerable daughters from a menace that seems to rise from the very earth itself—a malign, preternatural force that must satisfy its gruesome thirst for its unsuspecting prey....

Condition: Acceptable.