Under the Whispering Door
**A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea.** **Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.** When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead. But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days. Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
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Wallace Price, a sharp-elbowed Manhattan partner at a corporate law firm, drops dead of a heart attack at his own desk.
No. The romance is slow-burn and emotionally tender, with kissing only and no on-page sex.
No. The romance is slow-burn and emotionally tender, with kissing only and no on-page sex.
It deals with death and grief throughout, but the tone is gentle and warm. Most readers describe it as healing rather than sad.
Under the Whispering Door was written by T. J. Klune, published in 2021 by Tor Books.
Under the Whispering Door is 400 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Under the Whispering Door takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Under the Whispering Door is a standalone novel by T. J. Klune, not part of a series.
Under the Whispering Door is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
