Loney
Andrew Hurley
Paperback
(Mariner Books, April 11, 2017)
Winner of the Costa First Novel Award A Best Book of the Year, London Times and Daily Mail An Exceptional Novel, Sunday Times Best Book of the Year, British Book Industry Awards A Best Summer Book, Publishers Weekly âThe terrors of this novel feel timeless . . . There are abominations here, and miracles.ââNew York Times Book Review âAn amazing piece of fiction.ââStephen King âCompletely terrifying.ââPaula Hawkins âVibrantly written.â âEntertainment Weekly âStunningâ âJeff VanderMeer When Smith was a boy, he and his family went on an Easter pilgrimage with their local parish to the Loney, a bleak stretch of the English coastline, to visit an ancient shrine, in search of healing for Smithâs disabled brother. But the locals were none too pleased to welcome them, and the two brothers soon became entangled in a troubling morass of dangerous rituals. For years after, Smith carries the burden of what happened that spring. And when he hears that the body of a young child has been found during a storm at the Loney, heâs forced to reckon with his darkest secrets, no matter the cost. âThe masterpiece by which Hurley will enter the Guild of the Gothicâ (Guardian), The Loney marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. âFans of Shirley Jackson are sure to savor . . . Tight, suspenseful writing makes this masterful novel unsettling in the most compelling way.ââWashington Post