'A Haunting on the Hill' is a love letter to Hill House, a tribute to Shirley Jackson

'A Haunting on the Hill' is a love letter to Hill House, a tribute to Shirley Jackson Mulholland Books "There's definitely something strange about Hill House." The first novel to be granted permission to return to the universe of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, Hand's novel is not a retelling or reimagining of Jackson's brilliant classic; it is an entirely new, modern narrative that takes place inside Hill House and reckons with the supernatural mayhem that has made the place a horror fiction staple since 1959. A few weeks later, Holly, Nisa, Amanda, and Stevie move into Hill House to work on the play, and they soon learn the place is unlike anything they've ever experienced. A Haunting on the Hill is a love letter to Hill House and a very impressive tribute to Shirley Jackson.