Witchy Mysteries and Thrillers

Poisoned Pen PressNEW from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside her bedroom door. As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692―and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. I’ve always been a fan of mysteries and thrillers, and I’ve always been fascinated by witches. When you combine the two? Oh boy, I’m right there on publication date, impatiently waiting to throw my money at you. Because, to me, witchy mysteries and thrillers hold a special kind of appeal: secrets. It always comes down to secrets in mysteries and thrillers. It is, in fact, an intrinsic part of both genres: there is always at least one secret that the main characters need to untangle. But secrets are also a key part of narratives about witches: for centuries, witchcraft was practiced in secret, lest the witch i...