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The House in the Pines

On sale

17th January 2023

Price: £16.99

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A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


‘AN ABSOLUTE, CAN’T-PUT-IT-DOWN THRILLER’
Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Jan ’23 Pick)

I READ IN A SINGLE SITTING, TOTALLY ENTHRALLED’
Lisa Gardner, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Step Too Far

‘EERIE AND ATMOSPHERIC’
Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake

‘CREEPY’
The Times

‘SUPERB’
M. W. Craven, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Botanist

‘CHILLED ME TO THE BONE’
Andrea Bartz, author of Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here
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This is the story of a house. The cabin lies deep in the woods, where the trees are so dense it’s easy to miss. On the outside it might look like it’s crumbling, crawling with weeds, but on the inside it’s warm and cosy. A fire crackles in the fireplace. Dinner simmers on the stove.

Maya once saw this cabin as an idyllic place, like a cottage from a fairy tale, but now she knows the danger that lurks beneath.

The summer she visited the cabin was the summer her best friend Aubrey died.

Now, another woman from Maya’s hometown has died in the same strange, unexplained way, and Maya believes only she can save the next innocent girl.

Guided by her fractured memory and a mysterious, unfinished book by her late father, Maya returns home to face the house in the pines and the man who waits there – the man she’s tried so hard to forget . . .

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Reviews

The Times
A creepy work of unreliable memory and desire
Andrea Bartz, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick WE WERE NEVER HERE
Reyes' debut is a gripping, intelligent thriller that chilled me to the bone. With its intricate plotting, gorgeous prose and complex, richly drawn characters, The House in the Pines is that rare book that you live inside from the first page to the last. I didn't want it to end - and I can't wait for readers to discover my new favorite author
Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of WHITE IVY
The House in the Pines unfolds like a magic show. Atmospheric, twisty, and skillfully wrought - this was an utterly engrossing reading experience. I wish I could go back and experience it again for the first time
M. W. Craven, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE BOTANIST
The House in the Pines has a great hook, a beautifully painted central protagonist and a genuinely creepy villain. I loved it. Superb.
Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of FIND ME
Ana Ryes delves into a complex female friendship and the fragile nature of memory to weave together a smart, eerie, and completely addictive story of psychological suspense. Reyes is a debut author to watch
B.P. Walter, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE DINNER GUEST
One of the creepiest, most intoxicating thrillers I've ever read. I was completely enthralled, thoroughly unsettled and finished reading feeling both dazed and in awe. I'm certain this is destined to be one of my favourite books of the year
New York Post
It's a back-and-forth book that'll leave you on the edge of your seat, for sure
Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Jan ’23 Pick)
This is an absolute, can't-put-it-down thriller . . . It's truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter - which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading
Carly Reagon, author of THE TOLL HOUSE
Dark, unsettling and unusual, it stayed with me long after I'd turned the final page
Lisa Gardner, the Sunday Times bestselling author of BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED
Loved it! Read in a single-sitting, totally enthralled and desperate to learn the truth!
Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE
Powerfully eerie and atmospheric, The House in the Pines is a compelling mix of psychological thriller and dark fairy tale. By focusing not on whodunnit but how and why, Ana Reyes' stellar debut explores the many ways our memories can fail us - and how they can set us free
Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of THE WRITING RETREAT
I DEVOURED this book! There's something about the writing that is so sensuous and transportive, while also filled with an underlying sense of dread. . . . I enjoyed the themes of storytelling, generational ties, complicated female friendship, and control