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  • Published: 1 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529160352
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

The House at the Edge of the Woods





The unsolved mystery of a murder lies at the heart of this page-turning story of a young couple who are struggling to find happiness and meaning in their lives together.

When Ben was seven, his mother was murdered in the woods while he waited for her in their car.

The case made the front pages, but her killer was never found.

Thirty years later, Ben has a safe, grown-up life: a job, a ramshackle cottage and, most importantly, a happy marriage to Rebecca.

His mother has receded to the corners of his mind, lingering only in the nightmares that won't quite go away.

Then Rebecca takes on a new job, painting a fairy-tale fresco for a wealthy businessman who starts asking questions about Ben's mother . . .

Is it time for the truth to come out - and for Ben to face the questions he's never dared ask before?

  • Published: 1 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529160352
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

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Praise for The House at the Edge of the Woods

A stark, stunning and deeply affecting thriller. The Good Daughter takes a tender, chilling look at family and fear, the illusion of safety and the power of inner-resolve. I loved it.

CHRIS WHITAKER

A powerful literary thriller charting a woman's complicated & brutal struggle to escape a puritanical modern-day cult. Immersive vividly-realised settings + beautiful prose. An unflinching spotlight on patriarchy, coercive control & the thorny paths to liberation

PHILIPPA EAST

A powerful Southern Gothic thriller about the dangers of blind faith, the strength of women, and the deceptive nature of memory

ANNA BAILEY

Laure Van Rensurg has established herself as a master of the literary thriller with her sophomore novel, The Good Daughter. Intricate and carefully nuanced, this story will grip readers as it explores themes of family, faith, and the power of memory. An eerie, chilling, gorgeously written novel that is unafraid to challenge and question its subject matter.

LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, author of THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE

An atmospheric, vividly-told story of belief and betrayal, of family bonds stretched to breaking point - and beyond

T. M. LOGAN

A thrilling read that really gets you thinking

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