The Witch Elm: A Novel

A New York Times bestseller and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature Tana Frenchs best and most intricately nuanced novel yet. The New York Times An extraordinary (Stephen King) and mesmerizing (LA Times) standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter. From the writer who inspires cultic devotion in readers (The New Yorker) and has been called incandescent by Stephen King, absolutely mesmerizing by Gillian Flynn, and unputdownable (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer whos dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his lifehe surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his familys ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the gardenand as detectives close in, Toby 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 today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what were capable of, when we no longer know who we are.