The Locked Ward
A Novel
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4.1 • 8 Ratings
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
New from Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Glass and co-author of The Wife Between Us.
A shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood―and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point, The Locked Ward “will leave you guessing until the very end” (Jeneva Rose, bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage).
Some doors should never be opened.
Was it bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity?
Whatever the cause―and everyone has a theory―it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family.
Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, “I didn’t do it. You’ve got to get me out of here.”
Amanda doesn't trust Georgia, but she can't abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing that it seems to exist in another dimension. Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family that's so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We love how Sarah Pekkanen (House of Glass) blends family drama with nerve-wracking psychological suspense in this pageturner. When Georgia Cartwright, the adoptive daughter of a wealthy North Carolina family, is locked in a psychiatric facility after the murder of her younger sister, the only person she’ll speak to is someone named Amanda. Who, it turns out, is Georgia’s twin. A twin who didn’t even know Georgia existed. And that’s just the beginning! Alternating between Georgia and Mandy’s viewpoints, The Locked Ward builds a slippery tale of family secrets, betrayal, and generational trauma as Mandy’s seemingly ordinary life collides with the eerie, claustrophobic psychiatric ward where Georgia insists she’s being framed. What sounds at first like a pulpy soap opera premise quickly develops real emotional stakes and complex, relatable characters. Is Georgia the wrongly accused, unstable victim she claims to be or a manipulative psychopath? You’ll change your mind over and over again.
