The House in the Pines
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller - a twisty thriller that will have you reading through the night
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3.3 • 100 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'AN ABSOLUTE, CAN'T-PUT-IT-DOWN THRILLER'
Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Jan '23 Pick)
'I READ IN A SINGLE SITTING, TOTALLY ENTHRALLED'
Lisa Gardner, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Step Too Far
'EERIE AND ATMOSPHERIC'
Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake
'CREEPY'
The Times
'SUPERB'
M. W. Craven, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Botanist
'CHILLED ME TO THE BONE'
Andrea Bartz, author of Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here
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Maya is still haunted by the cabin - deep in the woods, where the trees are so dense it's easy to miss.
She hasn't been there since the summer she was seventeen. Since the day her best friend Aubrey died and Maya's world shattered.
Maya's memories of that summer are fragmented, but there is one thing she knows for sure, and that's who murdered Aubrey. Even if no one believes her.
Now, seven years later, another woman from their hometown has died in the same strange, unexplained way.
Maya knows only she can uncover the truth and save the next innocent girl. But to do that she'll have to go back - back to the forest, back to the house in the pines . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The summer before Maya, the heroine of Reyes's intriguing if flawed debut, entered college, 17-year-old Aubrey West, her best friend from high school in Pittsfield, Mass., dropped dead while talking to Maya's then boyfriend, Frank Bellamy. While Aubrey's death was ruled accidental, Maya was sure that Frank killed Aubrey, but she had no way of proving it. Now, eight years later, Maya is living in Boston with a new boyfriend and is trying to kick her addiction to the medication she's been secretly taking to cope with the trauma of Aubrey's death. One sleepless night, while watching a trending YouTube video, Maya sees a young woman fatally collapse while sitting across the table from Frank in a diner. Convinced that Frank has somehow murdered another victim, Maya returns home to Pittsfield to search for answers, which may just lie in the cabin in the woods where Frank used to entertain Maya and Aubrey. Well-developed characters and a nice balance between the main narrative and the backstories draw the reader in, but the action builds to an implausible and disappointing ending. Reyes shows enough talent to suggest she can do better next time.
Customer Reviews
Inventive +Vivid
A little too vivid! I’m not sure I’ll sleep well tonight,
The house in the pines
If I hadn't paid for the book I would never have finished it. Badly put together and all over the place. Bad story and characters. Did not like it at all
Took Over My Life
I never read anything but romance novels, this book has changed that. So beautifully written, so unpredictable and captivating. Can’t believe it’s Ana’s first book!