Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Book Author: Pyper, Andrew, author Title: The homecoming / Andrew Pyper. Publisher, Date: Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, [2019] ©2019 Description: 353 pages ; 23 cm Subjects: Fathers -- Death -- Fiction Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Family secrets -- Fiction Genre: Thrillers (Fiction) Horror fiction ISBN: 9781982108977 (softcover) System Availability: 27 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 27 Control Number: 1725265 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 24 # System items in: 24 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Summary Bestselling author Andrew Pyper returns with a riveting psychological thriller about how the people you've known your whole life can suddenly become strangers. What if everything you knew about the people you loved was a lie? After the death of their absentee father, Aaron and Bridge Quinlan travel to a vast rainforest property in the Pacific Northwest to hear the reading of his will. There, they meet up with their mother and troubled sister, Franny, and are shocked to discover the will's terms: in order to claim their inheritance they must all remain at the estate for thirty days without any contact with the outside world. Despite their concerns, they agree. The Quinlans soon come to learn their family has more secrets than they ever imagined--revelations that at first inspire curiosity, then fear. Why does Bridge have faint memories of the estate? Why did their father want them to be sequestered there together? And what is out there they feel pulling them into the dark heart of the woods? The Homecoming is at once a gripping mystery, a chilling exploration of how our memories can both define and betray us, and a riveting page-turner that will have you questioning your very existence. Suggestions and more Trade Reviews Booklist ReviewPyper's weird, wonderful, audacious new novel begins simply enough: a man has died, and his family has gathered to hear the reading of his will. Much to the surprise of the man's widow and the couple's children, they all stand to inherit a sizable fortune, but there's one, rather odd condition. From this first small indication that The Homecoming will be no ordinary family drama, the story walking a line between thriller and horror descends, at first slowly and then with almost dizzying speed, into an abyss of shattered memories, disquieting dreams, and an evil that borders on the surreal. The characters, who seemed fairly normal at the outset, show themselves to possess deep layers of haunting pain. And what the novel reveals about the characters will make readers view the entire story in a new, darker light. Brilliantly constructed and absolutely mesmerizing, this could very well be the best book yet by the author of such acclaimed novels as The Demonologist (2013) and The Damned (2015).--David Pitt Copyright 2019 Booklist Map It First Chapter or Excerpt Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
