The Witch Elm

Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR,The New York Times Book ReviewAmazonThe Boston GlobeLitHubVultureSlateElleVoxand Electric Literature ΓÇ£Tana FrenchΓÇÖs best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe New York Times An ΓÇ£extraordinaryΓÇ¥ (Stephen King) and ΓÇ£mesmerizingΓÇ¥ (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher. From the writer who ΓÇ£inspires cultic devotion in readersΓÇ¥ (The New Yorker) and has been called ΓÇ£incandescentΓÇ¥ by Stephen KingΓÇ£absolutely mesmerizingΓÇ¥ by Gillian Flynnand ΓÇ£unputdownableΓÇ¥ (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer whoΓÇÖs dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his lifeΓÇöhe surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuriesbeginning to understand that he might never be the same man againhe takes refuge at his familyΓÇÖs ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the gardenΓÇöand as detectives close inToby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working todayThe Witch Elm asks what we becomeand what weΓÇÖre capable ofwhen we no longer know who we are.