by C. J. Tudor
First published 2019
Annie disappears from her bedroom one night without a trace. Her family launches desperate searches and public appeals, fearing the worst possible outcome. After forty-eight terrifying hours, she returns home as mysteriously as she left. But Annie refuses to explain where she went or what happened during those missing days. Her sibling immediately senses something has changed. The Annie who came back bears little resemblance to the sister who vanished. She moves differently, speaks differently, exists differently in their shared world. The family tries to resume normal life, but normalcy proves impossible. Annie's transformation runs deeper than trauma or shock. Her sibling struggles with a terrible realization that grows stronger each day. The person sleeping in Annie's room, eating at Annie's place at the table, answering to Annie's name might not be Annie at all. Fear creeps into every family interaction. The sibling faces an impossible choice between loyalty and self-preservation, between protecting Annie and protecting everyone else from whatever Annie has become.
Genres: suspense, mystery, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-horror, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, suspenseful, tension-filled, unsettling
Tropes: body-swap-or-possession, family-betrayal, gaslighting, unreliable-reality
352 pages · Paperback · Penguin
Content warnings: kidnapping