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The Blackhouse

From the author of the “dark and devious...beautifully written” (Stephen King) MIRRORLAND comes an “atmospheric, thrilling, and utterly captivating” (Booklist) gothic tale set on a remote Scottish island where the locals are hiding a deadly secret.

Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can’t shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something is.

When she was five years old, Maggie announced that a man on the remote island of Kilmeray in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides --- a place she’d never visited --- was murdered. Her unfounded claim drew media attention and turned the locals against each other, creating rifts that never mended.

Now, nearly 20 years later, Maggie is determined to discover what really happened and what the villagers are hiding. But everyone has secrets, and some are deadly. As she gets closer to the horrifying truth, the island’s legendary and violent storms begin to rage again, and Maggie’s own life is in danger.

Unnerving, enthralling and filled with gothic suspense, THE BLACKHOUSE is a spectacularly sinister tale readers won’t soon forget.

Audiobook available; read by Joe McFadden, Eilidh Beaton, Joe McFadden and Eilidh Beaton

The Blackhouse
by Carole Johnstone

  • Publication Date: February 6, 2024
  • Genres: Fiction, Gothic, Suspense, Thriller
  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • ISBN-10: 1982199687
  • ISBN-13: 9781982199685