St. Martin's Press
June 2024
On Sale: May 21, 2024
352 pages ISBN: 1250289696 EAN: 9781250289698 Kindle: B0CGRYWVJD Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook Add to Wish List
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits.
As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmotherβs. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammieβs handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea theyβre about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb.
Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened.
The kids will be staying with Grammie now in Redbud Hollow, and thanks to Theaβs vision, their parentsβ killer will spend his life in supermax. Over time, Thea will make friends, build a career, find love. But that ability to see into minds and souls still lurks within her, and though Grammie calls it a gift, it feels more like a curseβbecause the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability. Thea can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away. He knows it, and hungers for vengeance. A long, silent battle will be waged between themβand eventually bring them face to face, and head to headβ¦