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.
She lives in Dublin with her family..
Her books have won awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the Los Angeles Times Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction.
About the Author: Tana French is the author of In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbor and The Secret Place.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
