The Ghost Tree

A brand-new chilling horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy

"Christina Henry's riff on classic small-town horror is full of dread and dark magic, with themes that resonate heavily in 21st century America. Henry's storytelling is her own sort of witchcraft." -Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Ararat and Red Hands

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in her hometown, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids.

So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the centre. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

"In the mid-1980s, a terrible curse mixes with the dark hearts of prejudice and misogyny to feed on small suburb of Chicago. This is no nostalgia trip. A true page-turner, The Ghost Tree is sharp, nasty, and unflinching in presenting its supernatural and everyday horrors." -Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World