The Widow's House: An Edgar Award Winner

WINNER OF THE 2018 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

This chilling novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends the gothic allure of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca and the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty, contemporary edge of A.S.A. Harrison's The Silent Wife--a harrowing tale of psychological suspense set in New York's Hudson Valley.

When Jess and Clare Martin move from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to their former college town in the Hudson River valley, they are hoping for rejuvenation--of their marriage, their savings, and Jess's writing career.

They take a caretaker's job at Riven House, a crumbling estate and the home of their old college writing professor. While Clare once had dreams of being a writer, those plans fell by the wayside when Jess made a big, splashy literary debut in their twenties. It's been years, now, since his first novel. The advance has long been spent. Clare's hope is that the pastoral beauty and nostalgia of the Hudson Valley will offer some inspiration.

But their new life isn't all quaint town libraries and fragrant apple orchards. There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil. Something is just not right. Soon, Clare begins to hear babies crying at night, see strange figures in fog at the edge of their property. Diving into the history of the area, she realizes that Riven House has a dark and anguished past. And whatever this thing is--this menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate--it seems to be after Clare next...

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 03/07/2017
ISBN: 9780062562623
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/15/2016 pg. 59
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 82
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2017
Booklist 02/01/2017 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2017
Library Journal 10/15/2016