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Highlights
- "Don't Breathe a Word is a haunting page-turner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime.
- Author(s): Jennifer McMahon
- 464 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Thrillers
Description
About the Book
In this dark tale from a "New York Times"-bestselling author, one couple is caught in a seemingly supernatural web of fairies that links them to a young girl's disappearance 15 years earlier.Book Synopsis
"Don't Breathe a Word is a haunting page-turner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime."
--Joshilyn Jackson, author of Never Have I Ever
On a soft summer night in Vermont, twelve-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, Sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.
Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam, a practical, sensible man who doesn't fear the dark and doesn't have bad dreams--who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly the couple is faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam's hardheaded, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed--a promise that could destroy them all.
"Jennifer McMahon never flinches and never fails to surprise...as [she] weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where Rosemary's Baby could be at home."
--Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer's Daughters
From the Back Cover
On a soft summer night in Vermont, twelve-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, Sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.
Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam, a practical, sensible man who doesn't fear the dark and doesn't have bad dreams--who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly the couple is faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam's hardheaded, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed--a promise that could destroy them all.
Review Quotes
"Beautifully written and spooky, Don't Breathe a Word wraps around you and pulls you into a dark world of fairies and family secrets." -- Chevy Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing
"Jennifer McMahon never flinches and never fails to surprise as her stories twist down unexpected roads. Don't Breathe a Word balances love and horror as McMahon weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where Rosemary's Baby could be at home." -- Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer's Daughters
"[McMahon's] smart mystery-thriller grabs you by the throat and won't let go....making this a page-turner you'll neglect sleep for." -- People
"Jennifer McMahon's novels are like the perfect winter truffle: dark, rich, earthy, and an absolute, decadent pleasure. Don't Breathe a Word is a haunting page-turner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime." -- Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author of Gods in Alabama and Backseat Saints
"[A] strange and unsettling shocker ... With the tale's outcome utterly unforeseeable even as it races along, "Don't Breathe a Word" leaves you breathless." -- Wall Street Journal
