Crime & mystery fiction

A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author ‘who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers’ (New York Times Magazine)

A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author ‘who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers’ (New York Times Magazine)

‘Impressive and unsettling’NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

‘Eerie, shocking, provoking’ GILLIAN FLYNN

‘Rich in suspense, diabolical secrets and psychological insight’ECONOMIST

‘Engrossing even as it horrifies’ BIG ISSUE

‘Inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling … Oates understands, as always, how to keep us on the hook’LOS ANGELES TIMES