by Julie Clark
First published 2025
Olivia Dumont has built her ghostwriting career on one crucial secret: she is Vincent Taylor's daughter. In 1975, two teenagers died in the Taylor family home. Vincent, the sole surviving sibling, faced decades of whispers that he killed them. Those whispers only grew louder as he became a bestselling horror novelist. Now Olivia faces financial collapse. When Vincent offers her a job writing his final book, she takes it despite their estranged relationship. She expects another horror novel. Instead, Vincent wants something entirely different. Olivia must decide whether to trust the father she has spent her professional life denying, knowing that this project could destroy the careful distance she has maintained from his dark legacy.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: estranged-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Taylor Family Home
Period: 1975
328 pages · Hardcover · Sourcebooks Landmark
Content warnings: death, mental-illness