A Gingerbread House

by Catriona McPherson Narrated by Mhairi Morrison

Overview

When shy, lonely Ivy meets a woman who claims to be her long-lost sister, she knows it's too good to be true. She decides to trust Kate anyway. She wants a family. She wants someone to love. But she's making a mistake. When Ivy enters Kate's fairytale cottage deep in the heart of Scotland, she doesn't come out. She's the first to go missing, and she won't be the last. Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, Tash's journey is just beginning... Multi-award-winning master of suspense Catriona McPherson is back with an ominous, twisty psychological thriller set in contemporary Scotland that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Editorial Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

A disturbing story of madness and fortitude that grabs your attention from Page 1

Publishers Weekly

[An] unsettling psychological thriller

Library Journal Starred Review of Quiet Neighbors

McPherson is a master of slightly creepy narratives that are complex and character driven

Publishers Weekly on Strangers at the Gate

McPherson spins a tense tale of murder and deception. Fans of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca will find much to like

Kirkus Reviews on Strangers at the Gate

Another unsettling and cleverly plotted winner from the enormously talented McPherson

CHARLAINE HARRIS

Quiet Neighbors drew me in from the very first page, and I stayed up late reading it because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next

Publishers Weekly on at the Gate

McPherson spins a tense tale of murder and deception. Fans of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca will find much to like

Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Quiet Neighbors

Outstanding

Booklist

A beautifully described Scottish setting; well-developed characters; and multiple plot twists distinguish this creepy, unsettling novel of psychological suspense

Library Journal Starred Review of Go to My Grave

Devious and suspenseful and keeps readers guessing until the shocking end

From the Publisher

A disturbing story of madness and fortitude that grabs your attention from Page 1 - Kirkus Reviews

[An] unsettling psychological thriller - Publishers Weekly 

Kirkus Reviews Starred Review of Quiet Neighbors

Layer upon layer of deception

Booklist

A beautifully described Scottish setting; well-developed characters; and multiple plot twists distinguish this creepy, unsettling novel of psychological suspense

Kirkus Reviews

2021-05-19
McPherson shows four women’s lives colliding in a life-or-death struggle in Scotland.

Tash Dodd works at her parents’ trucking firm, where she stumbles upon something that horrifies her. Apparently her father’s business includes human trafficking. She plans to force him to turn over the business to her and then turn him in. Meanwhile, at a meeting of the Nine Lives League, Ivy, a middle-aged woman seeking a cat for companionship, meets Kate, who says that Ivy looks exactly like her sister, Gail, and, suggesting that they might be twins, invites her to their unusual home in Hephaw, West Lothian. Martine is a woman of mixed race who’s searched her whole life for the identity of her father. At a genealogical meeting, she meets Kate, who claims to know who her father is and invites her to her house to meet her sister, Gail. Laura, an attractive woman in search of a fairy-tale life, tries an unusual dating service and is invited to a dinner dance at the home of Kate and her sister. Ivy, Martine, and Laura are all taken captive, drugged, and kept in a dank, putrid basement. Although they’ve all been reported missing, the police don’t look very hard until Tash, who’s been working for various van companies, goes on the run after her father refuses to give up control and ends up in an apartment overlooking an odd house in Hephaw. Trapped while investigating, she and the three brave captives plot to escape.

A disturbing story of madness and fortitude that grabs your attention from Page 1.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172932861
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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