Dark, claustrophobic, and hypnotic, a classy thriller that will make you sleep with the lights on, if you sleep at all.” — Mark Edwards, #1 bestselling author of Follow You Home
“The past wraps around the present like a vine in Eric Rickstad’s dark, twisting novel. Atmospheric, moving, and deep, What Remains of Her is as much a complex, beautifully wrought meditation on love and family, as it is a relentless mystery that will keep you riveted page after haunting page.” — Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter
“What Remains of Her is a brilliantly creepy page-turner. A gripping, unsettling thriller electrified by Rickstad’s rich and haunting prose.” — Laura McHugh, award-winning author of The Weight of Blood
“What Remains of Her is chilling and heartbreaking at the same time. A twisty, diabolical read.” — Peter Swanson, author of All the Beautiful Lies
“A gorgeous thrill ride of a novel. Eric Rickstad’s What Remains of Her is a literary page-turner that delves into the sacred and sometimes fraught relationships between fathers and daughters. In Rickstad’s hands, what will remain with you is the satisfaction of a story masterfully told.” — Lisa Alber, award-winning author of Path Into Darkness
“Rickstad’s best novel yet. With shrewd and crafty skill he spins one taut and chilling psychological ride.” — J. D. Barker, internationally bestselling author of The Fifth to Die
What Remains of Her is chilling and heartbreaking at the same time. A twisty, diabolical read.
Dark, claustrophobic, and hypnotic, a classy thriller that will make you sleep with the lights on, if you sleep at all.
A gorgeous thrill ride of a novel. Eric Rickstad’s What Remains of Her is a literary page-turner that delves into the sacred and sometimes fraught relationships between fathers and daughters. In Rickstad’s hands, what will remain with you is the satisfaction of a story masterfully told.
07/23/2018
In 1987, Jonah Baum’s wife, Rebecca, and their seven-year-old daughter, Sally, disappear from their home in Ivers, Vt., in this muddled thriller from Thriller Award finalist Rickstad (The Names of Dead Girls). In spite of an intensive search overseen by Sheriff Maurice Welch, they are never found, and Jonah becomes a pariah. Twenty-five years later, Lucinda Welch, Maurice’s daughter and Sally’s childhood friend, is now deputy sheriff when another seven-year-old girl, an abused child who’s never named, goes missing. Jonah finds the girl, who reminds him strongly of Sally. Both protective and possessive of her, he cares for the child’s needs in his isolated cabin outside town, but doesn’t report her missing. Meanwhile, Lucinda struggles with her terrible memories of Sally’s disappearance, as well as Maurice’s fragile mental and physical state, as she gradually unravels both present and past cases. The rickety narrative, which shifts awkwardly among the viewpoints of Lucinda, the hapless Jonah, and the missing girl’s abusive parents, ends on an improbably happy note. With any luck, Rickstad will do better next time. Agent: Philip G. Spitzer, Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency. (July)
What Remains of Her is a brilliantly creepy page-turner. A gripping, unsettling thriller electrified by Rickstad’s rich and haunting prose.
Rickstad’s best novel yet. With shrewd and crafty skill he spins one taut and chilling psychological ride.
The past wraps around the present like a vine in Eric Rickstad’s dark, twisting novel. Atmospheric, moving, and deep, What Remains of Her is as much a complex, beautifully wrought meditation on love and family, as it is a relentless mystery that will keep you riveted page after haunting page.