The Witch Elm : a novel / Tana French.
"A brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (Washington Post) From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" (People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he 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 family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and 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 we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780735224636
- ISBN: 0735224633
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
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Subject: | Victims of crimes > Fiction. Death > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. FICTION > Suspense. FICTION > Literary. FICTION > Crime. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"A brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (Washington Post) From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" (People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he 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 family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and 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 ofthe best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are"-- - Baker & Taylor
After being beaten and left for dead by burglars, a happy-go-lucky charmer returns to his ancestral home where he stumbles on a family secret. - Penguin Putnam
A New York Times bestseller 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
âTana Frenchâs best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.â âThe New York Times
An âextraordinaryâ (Stephen King) and âmesmerizingâ (LA Times) standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter.
From the writer who âinspires cultic devotion in readersâ (The New Yorker) and has been called âincandescentâ by Stephen King, âabsolutely mesmerizingâ by Gillian Flynn, and âunputdownableâ (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer whoâs dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his lifeâhe 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 familyâs ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the gardenâand 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 weâre capable of, when we no longer know who we are.