Yesterday, Vanessa Savage’s debut novel, The Woman in the Dark,was published in the United States. To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two lucky readers…one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page.
I just finished reading this book and posted my review earlier today – you can find my review here.
Read on to see what others have to say and then you can find out where to enter the giveaway below!!!
Title: The Woman in the Dark
Author: Vanessa Savage
Published: March 2019, Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Summary:
A debut psychological thriller about a woman who moves with her family to the gothic seaside house where her husband grew up–and where 15 years ago another family was brutally slaughtered.
Sarah and Patrick are happy. But after her mother’s death, Sarah spirals into depression and overdoses on sleeping pills. While Sarah claims it was an accident, her teenage children aren’t so sure. Patrick decides they all need a fresh start and he knows just the place, since the idyllic family home where he was raised has recently come up for sale. There’s only one catch: for the past fifteen years, it has become infamous as the “Murder House”, standing empty after a family was stabbed to death within its walls.
Patrick believes they can bring the house back to its former glory, so Sarah, uprooted from everything she knows, pours her energy into painting, gardening, and giving the rotting old structure the warmth of home. But with locals hinting that the house is haunted, the news that the murderer has been paroled, strange writing on the walls, and creepy “gifts” arriving on the doorstep at odd hours, Sarah can’t shake the feeling that something just isn’t right. Not with the house, not with the town, or even with her own, loving husband–whose stories about his perfect childhood suddenly aren’t adding up. Can Sarah uncover the secrets of the Murder House before another family is destroyed?
What readers are saying:
“Kept us utterly spooked and utterly hooked.”―Heat
“Savage carefully sustains the growing tension to the final twist. Psychological thriller fans will be rewarded.”―Publishers Weekly
“Claustrophobic and compelling.”―Good Housekeeping“Unputdownable.”―Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request
“A vivid portrait of buried tensions.”―Daily Mail
“An intense tale of deceit, treachery and loss.”―The Sun
“Scary, pacy and compelling.”―Claire Douglas, author of Do Not Disturb
“Creepy and atmospheric.”―Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House
“Atmospheric, creepy…Combines the intrigue of thrillers like The Wife Between Us and Behind Closed Doors, coupled with the delicious terror of a haunted house story.”―Booklist
“A real page turner….The book has twists and turns you don’t see coming and lead to a shocking climactic reveal…[Savage] will be one to watch in the future.”―Red Carpet Crash
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Giveaway Details — (US or Canada Only)
Thanks to the publisher, two readers will win a finished copy of The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage.
There are 2 options to enter: by the rafflecopter here on this page and by heading over to my Instagram page to this post (will update post once IG is working but for now, look for the post with the photo below). You can enter on both if you so choose. Both giveaways will end on Wednesday, March 20th, and are not affiliated with or sponsored by Instagram or Blogger.
Count me in! This is the third time today I've heard about this book and it sounds so good!
Kristin, thank you very much for hosting this book giveaway. I will add it to my blog's sidebar, and share it with my readers. 🙂
The scariest book that I have ever read was Carrie, by Stephen King. Once I read that (as a young teen) there were no more scary reads in my life.
It by Stephen King was the scariest book I've read. I still hate clowns and sewer grates.
I don't read a lot of scary books but I love gothic stories and the one that I really enjoyed was The Witch of Willow Hall.
The scariest novel which I read was Moving Day. Thanks for this intriguing giveaway.
Pet Sematary by Stephen King was probable the scariest. Followed closely by Intensity by Dean Koontz.
The scariest book I've ever read is "the girl with all the gifts".
"The woman in the dark" sounds amazing!
The scariest was The Shining by Stephen King.