Inside Tim Johnstons Irish Girl readers will find spellbinding stories of loss absence and the devastating effects of chanceof what happens when the unthinkable bad luck of other people of other towns becomes our bad luck our town. Taut lucid and engrossing provocative and darkand often darkly funnythese stories have much to offer the lover of literary fiction as well as the reader who just loves a great story. Its dark in here but brilliant. Tim Johnston is as wise as he is original and h...

“Read this astonishing novel . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story.” —The Washington PostDon't miss DISTANT SONS, the new literary thriller from Tim Johnston, available now.The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning ru...

**The paths of two young men collide and spark unexpected violence in a Wisconsin town where three boys went missing in the 1970s in this absorbing work of literary suspense."An intricate, haunting novel." —Michael Koryta, author of An Honest Man**What if? What if Sean Courtland’s old Chevy truck had broken down somewhere else? What if he’d never met Denise Givens, a waitress at a local tavern, and gotten into a bar fight defending her honor? Or offered a ...

In this emotional story of violence and the aftermath of survival, the New York Times bestselling author of Descentdelivers a tour de force about the indelible impact of a crime on the lives of innocent peopleIn the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene—half frozen but alive.What ...

**"A first-rate thriller . . . Past and present merge in The Current, Tim Johnston's atmospheric, exquisitely suspenseful novel of two murders separated by ten years."—The Washington Post“Gripping . . . Johnston’s masterful novel is worth lingering over—it soars above the constraints of a traditional thriller and pulls you deep into the secrets of a grief-stricken town.”—PeopleTim Johnston, whose breakout debut Descent was c...

A Breakout NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerAn Indie National Bestseller**“Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone.” —Esquire“The story unfolds brilliantly, always surprisingly . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story; each somehow enhances the other . . . Read this astonishin...

In this award-winning collection, listeners will find spellbinding stories of loss, absence, and the devastating effects of chance—of what happens when the unthinkable bad luck of other people, of other towns, becomes our bad luck, our town. Taut, lucid, and engrossing, provocative and dark—and often darkly funny—these stories have much to offer the lover of literary fiction as well as the listener who just loves a great story.

**The paths of two young men collide and spark unexpected violence in a Wisconsin town where three boys went missing in the 1970s in this absorbing work of literary suspense."An intricate, haunting novel." —Michael Koryta, author of An Honest Man**What if? What if Sean Courtland’s old Chevy truck had broken down somewhere else? What if he’d never met Denise Givens, a waitress at a local tavern, and gotten into a bar fight defending her honor? Or offered a ...

The #1 international bestselling author of Twenty Years Later and The Girl Who Was Taken delivers a twisting suspense novel about a murdered law school student, the reporter assigned to her story—and the intimate connection that comes when the living walk in the footsteps of the dead…“A gem of a mystery, fast-paced and suspenseful.” —Catherine Coulter, # 1 New York Tim...

An atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman e...

The stunning national bestseller! Wendy Walker's All is Not Forgotten--the basis for the major motion film Gone But Not Forgotten--is a twisty, edge-of-your seat thrill ride from beginning to end.“Fascinating and at times shocking.”—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good GirlEverything seems picture-perfect in the town of Fairview, Connecticut, until one night the unthinkable happens: ...