"An eerie and gripping tale of suspense....A triumph."
--
Boston Globe The author of the
New York Times bestseller
Island of Lost Girls, Jennifer McMahon returns with
Dismantled--a stunning and chilling thriller that further burnishes her reputation as, "One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense" (
Los Angeles Times online). Stewart O'Nan, author of
Songs for the Missing, calls
Dismantled, "A fun, twisty thriller. Expect comparisons to
The Secret History." Readers of Laura Lippman, Tana French, and Alice Sebold's
The Lovely Bones will not be able to shake this breathtaking tale of the dark consequences of a group of college friends' belief that all things--and people--must be taken apart to be truly understood.
"McMahon's gift is the deliciously twisty way she subverts all your expectations, keeping you guessing with wry wit and feverish chills."--People
"A failed marriage. A long-buried secret. A lonely child's imaginary friend. From these simple ingredients, Jennifer McMahon has constructed a fun, twisty thriller. Expect DISMANTLED to earn comparisons to THE SECRET HISTORY."--Stewart O'Nan, author of SONGS FOR THE MISSING
"One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense."--Los Angeles Times (online)
"In her third, elegantly spooky mystery revolving around the vulnerability of a young girl and a haunting past, McMahon fashions a fresh and entrancing ghost-in-the-woods tale replete with startling psychoses, delectable Hitchcockian motifs, and dangerous attractions."--Booklist
Outstanding...By alternating the present-day lives with the origins of the Dismantlers, McMahon allows the inexorable sense of dread to build incrementally. Perhaps most memorable are not the young artists but Emma, a child whose intense imagination only adds fuel to the slow-burning fire. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
A failed marriage. A long-buried secret. A lonely child s imaginary friend. From these simple ingredients, Jennifer McMahon has constructed a fun, twisty thriller. Expect DISMANTLED to earn comparisons to THE SECRET HISTORY. --Stewart O'Nan, author of SONGS FOR THE MISSING"
One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense. --Los Angeles Times (online)"
In her third, elegantly spooky mystery revolving around the vulnerability of a young girl and a haunting past, McMahon fashions a fresh and entrancing ghost-in-the-woods tale replete with startling psychoses, delectable Hitchcockian motifs, and dangerous attractions. --Booklist"
McMahon s gift is the deliciously twisty way she subverts all your expectations, keeping you guessing with wry wit and feverish chills. --People"
"Outstanding...By alternating the present-day lives with the origins of the Dismantlers, McMahon allows the inexorable sense of dread to build incrementally. Perhaps most memorable are not the young artists but Emma, a child whose intense imagination only adds fuel to the slow-burning fire."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)