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A New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club Pick for January 2023, this gripping thriller will keep you turning pages late into the night.

Years ago, Maya watched her best friend, Aubrey, collapse and die under mysterious circumstances in front of a man named Frank—a figure both captivating and unsettling who had drawn them in that fateful summer. Since then, Maya has spent her life trying to forget, numbing herself to the past and the troubling gaps in her memories. Now living in Boston with a supportive boyfriend and working to overcome a secret addiction, she believes she has finally moved on.

But when Maya stumbles upon a shocking YouTube video showing a young woman inexplicably dropping dead in a diner—while sitting across from Frank—her carefully constructed life unravels. Unable to ignore the eerie parallel to Aubrey’s death, Maya returns to her hometown in the Berkshires to uncover the truth. As she revisits that summer, she confronts long-buried emotions, the toxic jealousy that strained her friendship with Aubrey, and the unsettling influence Frank once had over her.

At her childhood home, Maya begins piecing together fragments of the past. Hidden within the pages of one of her late Guatemalan father’s books, she finds cryptic messages that hint at a deeper mystery—one that stretches beyond her own lifetime. As time runs out, all clues lead her back to Frank’s cabin deep in the woods, where the truth awaits.

Atmospheric and utterly compelling, *The House in the Pines* is a suspenseful journey into memory, trauma, and the question of whether we can ever truly escape the past.