Little Red House: A Novel

by Liv Andersson

Overview

Twenty years isn’t enough to erase the sins of the past—but the future is even more terrifying in this thrilling read perfect for fans of Megan Collins and Julia Heaberlin.

In 1997, Eve Foster’s daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she’s the victim of a serial killer who’s been hunting women in the region—but Kelsey’s body is never found.

Years later, Eve dies, leaving everything to her adopted twin daughters. The majority of the wealthy estate in Vermont goes to Lisa, the “good daughter,” while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a property in New Mexico. Connie, often the target of Eve's cruelty, suspects this was another of her mother's vindictive games.

Connie arrives in New Mexico to find a small, dilapidated red house in the desert, and the home’s mysterious caretaker, Jet Montgomery, living in a shack on the property. She learns there's been a string of women murdered in the area—murders that no one will talk about.

Before Connie can get to the truth, her mother’s sadistic mind games come creeping back from the grave—and now the danger becomes all too real. With a serial killer on the loose and a trove of deadly secrets coming to the surface, Connie is in a desperate race to save herself and what little is left of her shattered family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781639102037
Publisher:	CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Publication date:	12/06/2022
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	116,152
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Liv Andersson is an author, lawyer, and former therapist whose background has inspired her thrillers and mysteries. She and her husband live in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont with their sons and three dogs.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Little Red House:
“Liv Andersson’s Little Red House is a beautifully woven thriller full of dark and intense characters, secrets and lies, danger around every corner, and a stunning, jaw-dropping twist. This is a story that will creep under your skin and stay with you long after you’ve read it.”
—Jennifer Hillier, USA Today bestselling author of Little Secrets and Things We Do In The Dark

“An expertly-crafted puzzle box . . . Diabolically twisty with an ending you won’t see coming.”
—Alma Katsu, award winning author of The Fervor and Red Widow

“Liv Andersson leads you down dark, twisty roads in Little Red House. A thrilling maze of a story filled with family secrets and a town’s shared trauma, Andersson serves a stunningly sinister tale with a flawlessly executed final twist.”
—Laura Oles, Agatha-nominated author of Daughters of Bad Men

“The only thing more twisted than the plot are the characters in this harrowing thriller from a bold new voice in suspense.”
—Jon McGoran, award-winning author of Drift and Spliced

From the Publisher

10/17/2022

In this uneven serial killer thriller from Andersson (the Greenhouse mysteries as Wendy Tyson), the drowning death of Eve Foster during her routine morning swim in Lake Champlain reunites the twins she adopted, Lisa and Connie, at Eve’s Vermont home for the reading of her unusual will. Lisa is to get $30 million and the Vermont property, while Connie, who’s been homeless and struggling to survive in New York City, will receive $5,000 a year and a home in New Mexico. The will is bulletproof; should Lisa attempt to help her sibling more, both would lose everything. At Connie’s new home, she finds an odd caretaker in residence, whom she can’t fire, and a mystery. Six women were “raped, tortured, mutilated, and dumped” over a five-year period during the 1990s, and the person or persons responsible may have just resumed their killing spree. Flashbacks parcel out details of Eve’s life back then, as Connie tries to solve the whodunit in the book’s present. The tantalizing opening sections compensate only in part for closing surprises that don’t feel earned, and Connie’s character fails to achieve the complexity readers are led to expect. Hopefully, Andersson will do better next time. Agent: Fran Black, Literary Counsel. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly