bNamed a iNew York Times/i Notable Book of 2018 and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, iThe New York Times Book Review/i, Amazon, iThe Boston Globe,/i LitHub, Vulture, Slate, iElle/i, Vox, and Electric Literaturebrbr Tana French s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.   iThe New York Times/ibrbrAn extraordinary (Stephen King) and mesmerizing (iLA Times/i) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense and bauthor of the forthcoming novel iThe Searcher/i./b/bbrbrFrom the writer who inspires cultic devotion in readers (iThe New Yorker/i) and has been called incandescent by Stephen King, absolutely mesmerizing by Gillian Flynn, and unputdownable  (iPeople/i) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.brbrToby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.brbrA spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, iThe Witch Elm/i asks what we become, and what we re capable of, when we no longer know who we are.