Staff Pick
Jennifer McMahon hits another one out of the park with her sinister story of a family descended from a witch. Hattie repeatedly warned of impending disasters, and was hung for her foresight. When Nate and Helen buy Hattie's old property at the edge of a bog and begin to build their dream house, the townspeople are less than thrilled. Soon things are disappearing, Helen and Nate are seeing things, warnings are revealed, and evil (?) things are left on their doorstep. Exploring themes of family, revenge, the tangled web of history, and the possibility of the preternatural, this is vintage McMahon, with all her creepy trademarks of secrets, lies, and delicious dread. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com