NATIONAL BESTSELLER . An "enthralling" (Los Angeles Times) and "remarkably engrossing" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school-by legendary author Joyce Carol Oates"Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written."-Gillian Flynn"I found it mesmerizing front to back."-Michael Connelly"I can't remember the last time I read something so (darkly, disconcertingly) addictive."-Rebecca Makkai"An extraordinary novel .
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . An "enthralling" (Los Angeles Times) and "remarkably engrossing" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school-by legendary author Joyce Carol Oates"Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written."-Gillian Flynn"I found it mesmerizing front to back."-Michael Connelly"I can't remember the last time I read something so (darkly, disconcertingly) addictive."-Rebecca Makkai"An extraordinary novel .
