"...[A] brilliantly constructed novel...Kirk draws the reader into a
fascinating world of shifting truths whose details are by turns
grotesque, funny, creepy, thoughtful, and exhilarating." --Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
The new tenants have a terrible secret. So do the landlord and his
daughter...
Ever since Lucy was two, she's been on the run alongside her mother.
She's never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases,
and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes with
strangers, never let down your guard, and always be ready to move on.
Finally, after thirteen years and eleven states, their next hideaway
seems perfect. An isolated, fortresslike place in the New Hampshire
woods is the new home they share with its owner, a gentlemanly pianist,
and his lonely daughter, Gretchen. She's Lucy's age and soon becomes
Lucy's first real friend.
But Gretchen and her father have secrets of their own--and an obsession
with puzzles that draws Lucy into a terrifying new game of
hide-and-seek. Lucy's dark past is about to come calling. And this time,
for her and her mother in the house on the hill, it might be too late to
run.
