by Tana French
First published 2019
Toby Hennessy has it all—a beautiful home, a loving wife, and a successful career. But his charmed life is upended when he's brutally attacked and left for dead. Recovering, he returns to his family's ancestral home, the Wych Elm, seeking solace. But the house harbors unsettling secrets, and when a skull is discovered in the trunk of the tree, Toby is drawn into a decades-old mystery that will force him to confront the sins of his past. A chilling exploration of memory, identity, and the weight of family history.
Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, 21st-century, family-drama, dark
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-secrets, unreliable-narrator
528 pages · Paperback · PENGUIN UK
Content warnings: violence