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LiteratureTana French s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet. The New York TimesAn
extraordinary (Stephen King) and mesmerizing (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of
crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher.From the writer who
inspires cultic devotion in readers (The New Yorker) and has been called incandescent by
Stephen King absolutely mesmerizing by Gillian Flynn and unputdownable (People) comes a
gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who s
dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will
change his life he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to
recover from his injuries beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again
he takes refuge at his family s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull
is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden and as detectives close in Toby is forced
to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.A spellbinding
standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today The Witch Elm asks what we
become and what we re capable of when we no longer know who we are.
