"An eerie and gripping tale of suspense....A triumph."
--Boston Globe
A stunning and chilling thriller from the author of the New York
Times bestseller Island of Lost Girls that further burnishes her
reputation as "One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense"
(Los Angeles Times online).**
When Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz form the Compassionate Dismantlers in
college, the first rule of their manifesto is, "To understand the nature
of a thing, it must be taken apart." But their penchant for acts of
meaningful vandalism and elaborate, often dangerous pranks results in
Suz's death in the woods of Vermont--a tragedy the surviving Dismantlers
decide to cover up.
Nearly a decade later, Henry and Tess are desperate to forget, but their
guilt isn't ready to let them go. When a mysterious Dismantler-style
postcard drives a past prank victim to suicide, it sets off a chain of
terrifying events that threatens to tear apart their world and engulf
their inquisitive nine-year-old daughter, Emma. Is there someone who
wants to reveal their secrets? Or is it possible Suz has found a way to
enact revenge?
Full of white-knuckle tension with deeply human characters caught in
circumstances beyond their control, Jennifer McMahon's enthralling story
proves that she is a master at weaving the fear of the supernatural with
the stark realities of life.
