Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature
āTana Frenchās best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.ā āThe New York Times
An āextraordinaryā (Stephen King) and āmesmerizingā (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense.
From the writer who āinspires cultic devotion in readersā (The New Yorker) and has been called āincandescentā by Stephen King, āabsolutely mesmerizingā by Gillian Flynn, and āunputdownableā (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer whoās dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his lifeāhe surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his familyās ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the gardenāand as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what weāre capable of, when we no longer know who we are.
Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature
āTana Frenchās best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.ā āThe New York Times
An āextraordinaryā (Stephen King) and āmesmerizingā (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense.
From the writer who āinspires cultic devotion in readersā (The New Yorker) and has been called āincandescentā by Stephen King, āabsolutely mesmerizingā by Gillian Flynn, and āunputdownableā (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer whoās dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his lifeāhe surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his familyās ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the gardenāand as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what weāre capable of, when we no longer know who we are.