Audrey Lucas, after years of hardship and misery, is finally looking for a fresh start. She’s just received a promotion at work, she’s left her boyfriend and is looking for a fantastic place on the Upper West Side. When she spots an ad in the paper for a place at The Breviary, one of the last architectural treasure left in the city, for a mere $999 a month,($999 = $666 upside down, just thought I’d point that out) it just seems to good to be true. Yet, she’s simply compelled to take it, regardless of the strange weeknight parties on the other floors, the odd older tenants that seem to spy on her constantly, and the relentless dark visions that demand she build a door.
As she’s losing her sanity and struggles with her dark childhood, Audrey tries to determine why The Breviary has such control over her, and whether or not she’ll be able to escape its grasp before the unthinkable is unleashed.

There is simply no better feeling than discovering a new voice in a genre that has often become redundant and disappointing.
With an unnerving tale of unraveling dementia and past sins, reminiscent of Rosemary’s Baby, Lagan has given me hope that the horror can survive and still be entertaining and unusual. This was a creative perspective on losing your mind, and what a red ant infestation really means.

Audrey's Door was this year's Bram Stoker Award Winner for Best Achievement in a Novel.