First published 2024
Evelyn lives alone, her days punctuated by private routines. But when a stranger moves in next door, her carefully constructed solitude begins to fray. As Evelyn's rituals become increasingly fraught, she must confront the ghosts of her past and the unsettling implications of her present. "Private Rites" is a taut, unsettling exploration of loneliness, desire, and the ways we conceal ourselves from the world.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, psychological-thriller, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking, unsettling
Tropes: character-driven, introspective, unreliable-narrator
291 pages · Hardcover · Flatiron Books
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness