Closed Doors: A Novel

“Dazzling. . . . A moving story that stakes a lasting, and disturbing, emotional claim on O’Donnell’s readers.” — New York Times Book Review

A young boy on a small Scottish island where everyone knows everything about everyone else, will discover that a secret is a dangerous thing in this tense and brilliant tale from Lisa O'Donnell, author of the national bestseller The Death of Bees.

Eleven-year-old Michael Murray is the best at two things: hacky sack and keeping secrets. His family thinks ...