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"Exceedingly entertaining." -The New York Times
"Umbrella Academy meets Tana French. Dark, claustrophobic, and beautifully written." -Andrea Bartz, author of We Were Never Here

From the author of The Winter Sister and Behind the Red Door, a family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch-only to find…

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Collins’ The Family Plot is set Blackburn Island, off the coast of Rhode Island where the Lighthouse Family lived in a secluded mansion deep in the woods and isolated by their true-crime-obsessed parents.

After her twin brother disappears when they are sixteen, Dahlia leaves home at the earliest opportunity, returning years later after her father’s death. When the family goes to bury him, there is already a body in his grave—her brother’s.

The layered family drama, secrets, and one hell of a twist make this the kind of story I love—layered with tension and impossible to put down. 

This book—set again on a remote island in an eerie old family home (are you seeing a trend here?)absolutely immersed me in delightful creepiness. Family has been called home for their father’s funeralonly to discover that the grave is already occupied. I was already totally in at the premise, but then the author added in a group of damaged siblings raised by parents obsessed with true crime, mystery, psychological drama, and some absolutely gorgeous and lyrical writing, and I’m head over heels in love. I practically inhaled this one.

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