[A] riveting thriller…fans of gothic mysteries with a touch of the supernatural will be richly rewarded.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Seventeen years after her sister vanished from a family estate in the Catskills, Hannah Malone is pulled back to the place by another calamity and then finds herself buried neck-deep in crimes past and present…Link by link, Moretti hypnotically reveals ‘a tragic, violent daisy chain.’” —Kirkus Reviews
“Haunted by her sister’s disappearance, a troubled woman becomes consumed by past secrets in this gripping thriller.” —Frolic
“Gripping.” —The Nerd Daily
“Full of Gothic moodiness and dark family secrets, Girls of Brackenhill by Kate Moretti is a thoroughly chilling story of one woman’s haunted past.” —POPSUGAR
“When seeking a story with strong plot lines, stellar characters, and twists at every turn, look no further than the work of Kate Moretti. She uses these and other ingredients to keep the reader on the edge of their seat in her latest thriller, Girls of Brackenhill, where a woman is forced to return to her past in order to put her present in order.” —Mystery & Suspense Magazine
“The Girls of Brackenhill is a fast-paced, creepy-in-a-good-way ghost story that will leave you on the edge of your seat wondering what happened at the castle on the hill seventeen years ago. Moretti weaves the past and present together in a delicious way, making you think you’ve figured this puzzle out when you haven’t, not by a long shot. A thoroughly enjoyable thriller about first love, loss, and the bond between sisters, I devoured this and you will too.” —Catherine McKenzie, #1 Amazon bestselling author of I’ll Never Tell and You Can’t Catch Me
“This spine-chilling thriller has everything: mystery, a haunted castle, a dash of romance, and such glorious writing that the pages seem to turn themselves. The heart of the book, though, is Hannah, a strong and complex protagonist whose secrets are masterfully, agonizingly revealed until they reach a mind-bending crescendo. The only problem? You’ll have to read this one with the lights on.” —Jess Lourey, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Unspeakable Things
“Girls of Brackenhill is an atmospheric thriller that is, at its heart, a ghost story and a haunting reminder of the power of secrets. Moretti deftly weaves together the past and present and gives us not one mystery, but a whole series of disappearances and deaths that are somehow linked together, anchored by the ominous stone castle on the hill. Welcome to Brackenhill, where nothing is as it seems.” —Jennifer McMahon, author of The Invited
“A Gothic chiller filled with secrets, lies, and things that go bump in the night. I was riveted from the first page to the last.” —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door
“Finally, an honest-to-goodness gothic ghost story, full of everything you need in a story like this—a creepy castle, suspicious townspeople, and a dying old man who may just have answers to everything. In Moretti’s deft hands the story unspools with an expert unfolding of clues. As the deaths pile up, you’ll feel just as disoriented and full of unnamed dread as Hannah the main character, trying to figure out what really happened to her sister all those years ago. Oh. And wait’ll you see what’s in the basement…” —Emily Carpenter, bestselling author of Until the Day I Die
“A spooky, gothic tale of long-buried secrets and family grief that weaves a spell against the background of an unforgettable setting. If you have a cozy, rainy afternoon, dig in.” —Simone St. James, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
“A looming castle, a woman haunted by her sister’s unsolved disappearance, and long buried secrets clawing their way up to the surface—Kate Moretti deftly weaves it all together in a gripping gothic ghost story of the first order. Girls of Brackenhill is full of chills, thrills, and dark surprises. You won’t stop turning the pages until the stunning end—and even then you’ll be sleeping with the lights on. Don’t miss it!” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Inside
2020-07-14
Seventeen years after her sister vanished from a family estate in the Catskills, Hannah Maloney is pulled back to the place by another calamity and then finds herself buried neck-deep in crimes past and present.
While they were tweens and teens, Hannah and her older sister, Julia, spent five consecutive summers with their Aunt Fae and Uncle Stuart in Brackenhill, a neogothic castle high on a hill. They were the best times of Hannah’s young life, partly because they got her away from Wes, the alcoholic, abusive man Trina Maloney married after her husband died. But they ended horribly with Julia’s still-unexplained disappearance from the place. Now the plunging of Aunt Fae’s car from the twisting access road into a ravine has brought Hannah back to Brackenhill along with her fiance, Huck. Upon arriving, they’re greeted with the news of Fae’s death. Stuart, long stricken with cancer, clearly hasn’t long to live. Brackenhill seems to exert an unhealthy power over everyone who enters its orbit. Julia’s best friend, Ellie, vanished the year before Julia did. During one of his rare lucid moments, Stuart mutters something about an accident involving someone named Ruby. Fae’s best friend, Jinny Fekete, practices witchcraft and makes it clear that Fae did as well. And Detective Wyatt McCarran, whom both sisters were in love with during their enchanted summers, is becoming more and more convinced that Fae’s accidental death was no accident.
Link by link, Moretti hypnotically reveals “a tragic, violent daisy chain.
