• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 February #2
  *Starred Review* Helen and Nate Wetherall are building their dream house in Hartsboro, Vermont, on property complete with a bog (to ignite Nate's naturalist curiosity) and the ruins of an ancient house (to give Helen the connection with history she craves). When Helen digs into Hartsboro's history, she finds a dark story. In 1924, local "witch" Hattie Breckenridge was lynched in the Wetheralls' bog. As the dream house takes shape, Hattie's ghost appears, urging Helen to look into the fate of Hattie's daughter, Jane. Lured into the mystery, Helen discovers violent deaths in each generation of Hattie's female descendants. One by one, Helen collects pieces of the buildings where they died, determined to bring Hattie's girls together in the new house. Olive, a local teen, is drawn to the bog to search for the treasure Hattie is said to have hidden there. Olive and her mother dreamed of finding the treasure together, and it's Olive's last connection to her mother, who abandoned Olive and her father without a word. But Nate and Helen's arrival threatens to banish that connection, prompting Olive to dive into a dangerous investigation of her mother's final days in Hartsboro. McMahon's siren-like ghosts use Helen to build their own home to haunt, and the resulting blend of ghost story and modern mystery is flawlessly compelling and evocative. A masterful twist on the haunted-house story. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.

Jennifer McMahon is the author of nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Winter People and Promise Not to Tell. She graduated from Goddard College and studied poetry in the MFA writing program at Vermont College.