A remote village.
A deadly secret.
An outsider who knows the truth…
‘ATMOSPHERIC AND COMPELLING, WITH SOME VERY UNEXPECTED TWISTS!’
Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet and The Chateau
‘DELICIOUSLY CREEPY AND UNSETTLING’ OBSERVER
Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can’t shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something is…
When she was five years old, without proof, Maggie announced that someone in the remote village of Blairmore in the Outer Hebrides had murdered a local man, sparking a media storm.
Now, Maggie is determined to discover what really happened and what the villagers are hiding. But everyone has secrets, and some are deadly. As she gets closer to the horrifying truth, Maggie’s own life is in danger…
From the critically-acclaimed author of Mirrorland comes a darkly disturbing new thriller that will chill you to the bone.
PRAISE FOR CAROLE JOHNSTONE’S DEBUT NOVEL, MIRRORLAND:
‘DARK AND DEVIOUS’ Stephen King
‘UTTERLY ENGROSSING’ Daily Mail
‘TWISTY AND RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC’ Ruth Ware
‘TIGHTLY PLOTTED AND UTTERLY GRIPPING' Sarah Pinborough
‘A HAUNTING THRILLER’ Women’s Weekly
‘TOTALLY ABSORBING’ T.M. Logan
‘AN UNSETTLING, LABYRINTHINE TALE’ New York Times
‘DARK AND DEVIOUS’ Stephen King
‘UTTERLY ENGROSSING’ Daily Mail
‘TWISTY AND RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC’ Ruth Ware
‘TIGHTLY PLOTTED AND UTTERLY GRIPPING' Sarah Pinborough
‘A HAUNTING THRILLER’ Women’s Weekly
‘TOTALLY ABSORBING’ T.M. Logan
‘AN UNSETTLING, LABYRINTHINE TALE’ New York Times
One twin ran. The other vanished. Neither escaped…
DON’T TRUST ANYONE
Cat’s twin sister El has disappeared. But there’s one thing Cat is sure of: her sister isn’t dead. She would have felt it. She would have known.
DON’T TRUST YOUR MEMORIES
To find her sister, Cat must return to their dark, crumbling childhood home and confront the horrors that wait there. Because it’s all coming back to Cat now: all the things she has buried, all the secrets she’s been running from.
DON’T TRUST THIS STORY…
The closer Cat comes to the truth, the closer to danger she is. Some things are better left in the past…
‘AN ADDICTIVE SLICE OF GOTHIC’ i paper
‘TOLD WITH THUMPING HEART AND EXTRAORDINARY TENDERNESS’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘THE LOVE CHILD OF GILLIAN FLYNN AND STEPHEN KING’ Greer Hendricks
READERS ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH MIRRORLAND…
‘Dark, dazzling, full of surprises and perfectly executed’ Sheri K
‘An adult fairy tale, a domestic noir and a heartbreaker, all in one’ Rebecca W
‘Creepy as hell and absolutely brilliant’ Vikkie W
‘Poignant and compelling… What an imagination to have crafted such a story’ Carol C
‘A beautifully written story that holds you enthralled from first page to last’ Sarah M
‘This is a book that will keep you awake all night’ Maria P
‘Hugely compelling…I found the entire book officially unputdownable!’ Alexandra G
