The Cursed

From the author of The Shadows comes a novel about a woman who returns to her hometown and discovers that the eerie legends she heard as a girl are now becoming a frightening reality. Linden Woods knows the woods behind her childhood home are hiding something. She and her friends used to dare each other to go into the woods, telling tales of the people who had been killed there and the hungry beast that did it. But that was a long time ago. Now, after the death of her father, Linden has returned to her hometown to settle his affairs—and to decide what to do with the old house she grew up in. But the moment she arrives, things begin to go wrong. Her car breaks down on the winding, isolated road. A feral, violent man attacks her on her first night in the house. And then she learns that a young woman has gone missing, vanished without a trace from the woods right behind her home. The locals say the beast did it. That the beast is hunting again. And that Linden is its next target. As Linden delves into the town’s history, she uncovers a dark secret that has haunted the area for generations. The truth is more terrifying than any childhood legend, and it’s waiting for her in the woods.