“Don’t Breathe a Word is a haunting page-turner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime.”—Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and Backseat Saints
“Jennifer McMahon never flinches and never fails to surprise…as [she] weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where Rosemary’s Baby could be at home.”—Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer’s Daughters
Two young lovers find themselves ensnared in a seemingly supernatural web that ties them to a young girl’s disappearance fifteen years earlier in this dark and twisty tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell. Jennifer NcMahon returns with a vengeance with Don’t Breathe a Word—an absolutely chilling and ingenious combination of psychological thriller, literary suspense, and paranormal page-turner that will enthrall a wildly diverse audience including, among others, avid fans of Keith Donohue (The Stolen Child), Laura Lippman (I’d Know You Anywhere), and Tana French.(In the Woods).
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"I was pleasantly surprised. It was crazy and twisted and you kept wondering what was really going on. Any book that keeps you guessing again and again is worth the read! " — Mary (4 out of 5 stars)
"I was pleasantly surprised. It was crazy and twisted and you kept wondering what was really going on. Any book that keeps you guessing again and again is worth the read! "
“Jennifer McMahon’s novels are like the perfect winter truffle: dark, rich, earthy, and an absolute, decadent pleasure. Don’t Breathe a Word is a haunting page-turner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime.”
“Beautifully written and spooky, Don’t Breathe a Word wraps around you and pulls you into a dark world of fairies and family secrets.”
“[A] strange and unsettling shocker...With the tale’s outcome utterly unforeseeable even as it races along, Don’t Breathe a Word leaves you breathless.”
“Jennifer McMahon never flinches and never fails to surprise as her stories twist down unexpected roads. Don’t Breathe a Word balances love and horror as McMahon weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where Rosemary’s Baby could be at home.”
" i tried to step outside my normal genre although this book was clever it was not a good bedtime story it gave me the creeps a little too dark for my taste "
" I couldn't put it down. A creepy book but I loved it! "
" BEST book I've read in a while! "
" The poor girls! they didn't think it was alzeimers "
" The opening will hook you and put a lot of questions in your mind about what kind of person the main character is. The fantasy twist is great too! "
Jennifer McMahon is the author of Dismantled, the New York Times bestseller Island of Lost Girls, and the breakout debut novel Promise Not to Tell, among other works. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella.
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