THE HANDYMAN METHOD

AVAILABLE NOW FROM SAGA PRESS / GALLERY BOOKS

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror.

When a young family moves into an unfinished development community, cracks begin to emerge in both their new residence and their lives, as a mysterious online DIY instructor delivers dark subliminal suggestions about how to handle any problem around the house. The trials of home improvement, destructive insecurities, and haunted house horror all collide in this thrilling story perfect for fans of Nick Cutter’s bestsellers The Troop and The Deep.

You can read a short excerpt here.

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REVIEWS FOR THE HANDYMAN METHOD

“A terrific horror novel, with a spellbinding story full of surprises and superb writing that is vivid, visceral, and, at times, darkly beautiful. The ending is gloriously, thrillingly shocking.”
— ALA Booklist

“A brutal yet modern twist on the haunted house. This story is full of moments, from the descriptive body horror to the cringeworthy acts committed by this seemingly normal family, that will burrow under readers’ skin.”
— Library Journal

“Gruesome and grisly…The Handyman Method tears out of the gates and doesn’t let up much as things go from bad to worse to somehow worse…The pace is relentless…The vibe throughout is one of unsettling, mounting dread that rarely falters….horror fans are sure to appreciate [the novel’s] subtle nods to classics of the genre, as well as the direction Cutter and Sullivan take their dark tale of home improvement gone horribly awry.”
— Winnipeg Free Press

"Deeply disturbing...[a] gripping tale, well-written modern horror...Cutter and Sullivan never fail to miss an opportunity to chill and repulse simultaneously....a near-classic chiller that you won’t soon forget."
— Bookreporter

“Wickedly brutal […] a heinous twist on the classic haunted house theme while delivering equal doses of hilarity and horror.”
— Grimdark Magazine

“Surreal and disturbing, The Handyman Method is a diabolical tale of toxic masculinity gone awry, narrated by a set of youtube videos featuring an evil handyman. Cutter and Sullivan clearly had a lot of fun writing this together, and I’d declare it a collaborative triumph.”
— CrimeReads

“Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan—whose writing styles blend seamlessly together—use this supernatural online haunting to dive into the very real-world horrors of toxic masculinity. […] The novel manages to be fun, thrilling, twisted, and harrowing all at once. Along with its cutting social commentary, The Handyman Method also offers up some truly stomach-churning body horror (which sometimes involves animals), and the brutal and bloody imagery will linger in your mind long after you’ve turned the last page.
— Tor Dot Com

“Bad stuff happens, lots of it, early and often. The authors, who write seamlessly, keep the reader balanced between laughter and screaming horror. At first they work sort of quietly, but the details they layer in the prose stack up to create a unique and disturbing unreality.”
— Narrative Species

“This book opens the door to the dank basement of Gothic masculinity, forcing us to examine the dark shape of manhood in the current moment.”
— Bad Books for Bad People

“For readers simply looking for a hard-to-put-down supernatural horror novel, The Handyman Method is an excellent pick. It is an unconventional haunted house story combining a few subgenre cliches with visceral imagery. I’ll admit that I took a few breaks from reading to scan my room in paranoia. That is one of the highest compliments I can give as a horror fan who enjoys being scared.”
— HorrorGeekLife

“With hints of Thomas Tryon’s Harvest Home, and twinges of Robert McCammon’s Bethany’s Sin, the underlying horror is nevertheless much more deep and original. A tale of human alienation.”
— NY Journal of Books

“Cutter and Sullivan’s combined knack for viscerally describing the indescribable makes The Handyman Method must-read horror.”
— The Book Shelf

”Twisted and not for the faint of heart. Parts of this book will stay with me forever.”
— Powells

“Once you get it, you get it, and you’ll want to read it again. You’ll flip through and see the pinpoint accuracy of their metaphors, the hidden mechanisms of characters’ motivations, and maybe that’s a sign you’ve got a real cracker of a book in your hands: you put it down and pick it up again.”
— Wrong Publishing

“Weaponizing an insidious evil known as Handyman Hank, Cutter and Sullivan hone their terrifying talents from the darkest depths of the basement to the scariest rooftop heights.”
— Horror Bookworm Reviews

“A story of terror, as adveritsed on the cover. One of the best horror novels I’ve ever read.”
— Eggplante

“The Handyman Method goes to places I did not expect and brought to the surface a twisted type of dread that left me reeling.”
— Every Read Thing

PRAISE FOR THE HANDYMAN METHOD

"The Handyman Method is a window into our deepest fears via strange, and insidious how-to videos. Cutter and Sullivan have created a hallucinatory, chilling read that raises its level of dread and tension with each turn of the page. You'll never start a DIY project again without thinking about Ol' Hank and his horrifying tips for a happy life."
— Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us

“Nightmare territory… Often terrifying, consistently unsettling, and dripping with mounting dread, Cutter and Sullivan have created a modern masterpiece.”
— Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Boogeyman