From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly addictive" (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife) novel.
Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he’d been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert—because Jane has a dark history with this house.
The man who answers the door is not the man that Jane remembers from her past. He is cagey, and claims to know nothing about the missing teenage girl. Then, through the window of the house, Jane catches a glimpse of a haunted-looking woman.
Conjuring her memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane knows this unsettling house holds the key—to the missing teenager, to her own traumatic story, and to the dark secrets of the past.
Great read
"[Employee of indigo-ca] I throughly enjoyed this book. It had numerous characters that were very well developed throughout the story. Each character seemed to have had a dark and traumatic past that was very unsettling (in a good way for a suspension novel) and the characters help set the creepy and uneasy feeling of this novel. This book is not the kind to have numerous twist throughout but rather a story that builds steadily until it reaches the twists and turns. I tried to anticipate each possible avenue the story could take and I did not succeed! Well worth the read, It is a story about a lady named Jane who has been divorced twice and lives on a large estate she inherited after losing both parents and her brother. She lives a simple life with her dogs and the house that has fallen into disrepair. While walking her dogs through her estate property Jane locates another small dog that appears to be lost. While trying to find the dog's owner Jane meets a man named Stuart who resides in a house that brings back horrible memories from Jane's past. Jane also learns about a missing girl that is tied to that house. She then sets out to determine if there is a link to what happened to her in the past and the current missing girl. I haven't read a Lisa Jewel book in some time and can say I really enjoyed this one. As I mentioned before this novel builds up the story as it goes and is more of a slower burn mystery. As the story continued I found it harder and harder to put down because I couldn't wait to finish and find out what happened and how things ended and whether they linked up to Jane's past. Thank your NetGallery for allowing me to read this and provide a review!"
