Karen Dionne crafts compelling psychological thrillers, often set against the backdrop of untamed nature. Her narratives delve into complex relationships and hidden secrets, frequently featuring female protagonists forced to confront extraordinary circumstances. Dionne excels at building suspense and atmosphere, drawing readers into the intricate workings of the human mind. Her distinctive voice lies in her ability to weave gripping plots with profound insights into character.
'The Wicked Sister is massively thrilling and altogether unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTER A startling novel of psychological suspense, as two generations of sisters try to unravel their tangled relationships between nature and nurture, guilt and betrayal, love and evil. You have been cut off from society for fifteen years, shut away in a mental hospital as punishment for the terrible thing you did when you were a child. But what if nothing about your past is as it seems? For a decade and a half, Rachel Cunningham has chosen to lock herself away in a psychiatric facility, tortured by gaps in her memory and the certainty that she is responsible for her parents' deaths. But when she learns new details about their murders, Rachel returns, in a quest for answers, to the place where she once felt safest: her family's sprawling log cabin in the remote forests of Michigan. As Rachel begins to uncover what really happened on the day her parents were murdered, she learns - as her mother did years earlier - that home can be a place of unspeakable evil, and that the bond she shares with her sister might be the most poisonous of all...
Two generations of sisters. An unthinkable crime. A secret that could ruin a family.Most of us have read about or known of people who have been imprisoned unjustly for years or even decades. But what if you discovered that you had unjustly imprisoned yourself?After spending 15 years in a mental hospital as a self-inflicted punishment for her childhood crime, a young woman learns that she might not have killed her mother as she has always believed.
Spine-tingling.-People This gorgeously written eerie suspense novel gave me
chills as it raced toward an unexpected climax. I loved it!-Karin Slaughter,
author of Pretty Girls Troubling, sinuous and powerfully told, you won't be
able to stop turning the pages.-Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me
Dionne's breathtaking psychological thriller is a fairy tale writ large...the
suspense in the plotting and the cold distance Helena's voice projects [hold
readers] entranced until the stunning climax.-Minneapolis Star Tribune
Exceptional....Helena's conflicting emotions about her father and her own
identity elevate this powerful story.-Publishers Weekly (starred review) If
you only read one thriller this year, make it The Marsh King's Daughter. It's
sensational.-Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go A masterpiece of crisp
prose and fine storytelling.-Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants and At
the Water's Edge [A] well-crafted, eerie, and unnerving psychological
thriller. With a strong setting and swift pacing, this novel is recommended
for readers who enjoyed Emma Donoghue's Room and Travis Mulhauser's
Sweetgirl.-Library Journal [W]ill keep readers gripped until the end....For
fans of Emma Donoghue's Room and of novels with strong female leads.-Booklist
Expertly written, gripping, compulsively readable.-Melanie Benjamin, author of
The Swans of Fifth Avenue Eerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying in
the best possible way. Dionne holds you under her spell from the first word to
the last-and then some.-Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife First-rate
plotting builds the tension with psychological suspense and action
sequences....The story is at once both horrific and fascinating.-RT Book
Reviews Totally compelling and different from anything I can remember reading
before.-Peter Lovesey Don't think you know how this plays out, just hand the
reins to Dionne, who is completely in control of this unexpected narrative,
and of your pounding heart.-Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the
Ocean I don't use the word 'brilliant' often, but no other adjective feels
adequate...It's an understatement to say that The Marsh King's Daughter is an
exceptional achievement.-David Morrell, author of Murder as a Fine Art;
creator of the iconic character Rambo Everything I could ask for in a
psychological thriller: a stunningly fresh and confident voice, gorgeous
writing, originality, and a complex protagonist I could really root for. I
wish it were possible to read a book for the first time more than once.-Carla
Buckley, author of The Deepest Secret
With a new postscript on the 2016 presidential primaries, this is the story behind today's headlines. In an absorbing narrative, E.J. Dionne Jr. illuminates the history of Republican politics from the Barry Goldwater era through the Reagan Revolution to the crisis of the 2016 presidential election. With that perspective and contemporary reporting, he explains the unrest and discontent on the Right and the Republican Party's bitter civil war while illustrating why a radicalized conservatism has made governing our country so difficult.--back cover.
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