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In the isolated estate she’s found the perfect getaway. But there’s no escaping the past in this chilling novel from the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl.
Filmmaker Tessa Shepherd helped free a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned for murder. When he kills again, Tessa’s life is upended.
She’s reeling with guilt, her reputation destroyed. Worse, Tessa’s mother has unexpectedly passed away, and her sister, Margot, turns on her after tensions from their past escalate. Hounded by a bullying press, Tessa needs an escape. That’s when she learns of a strange inheritance bequeathed by her mother: a derelict and isolated estate known as Fallbrook. It seems like the perfect refuge.
A crumbling monument to a gruesome history, the mansion has been abandoned by all but two elderly sisters retained as caretakers. They are also guardians of all its mysteries. As the house starts revealing its dark secrets, Tessa must face her fears and right the wrongs of her past to save herself and her relationship with Margot. But nothing and no one at Fallbrook are what they seem.
313 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 14, 2020
“what happened here, kitty?” her voice is soft now. a voice for a church service. but no one would worship at this house.
“a family came to an end.”
“in the stories, a house like this invariably has a witch living in it. but tessa has always had a soft spot for the witch. obviously, tossing children into an oven is bad, but hansel and gretel's parents should have taught them not to eat other people's houses, even when they're made of cake. it's rude.”it’s always hard to do a book justice that requires a lot of spoiler territory to talk more in-depth about its themes, but if you like reading books about sisters trying to reconcile while trying to set right their mistakes, this might definitely be a good fit for you.