'Even better than The Last House on Needless Street. I absolutely loved it' - Araminta Hall, author of Perfect Strangers What a clever, interesting novel, which has so much to say about families, the shadow of the past and the power of story telling to redeem. 'Evocative, lyrical and beautiful, with a lightness of touch at the darkest moments. As compelling and unique a voice for the twenty-first century as Shirley Jackson was for the twentieth' - Christopher Golden, author of Road of Bones ' Sundial confirms Catriona Ward as one of the brightest stars in horror fiction. Ambitious, brutal and breathtakingly original, Sundial horrifies and impresses in equal measure' - Tammy Cohen, author of When She Was Bad 'There's dark and then there's Catriona Ward dark. What happens when the evil in our souls destroys the good? When the ghosts we see are real? A unique and superbly written psychological horror from a talented writer at the top of her game' - Essie Fox, author of Somnambulist

It's a wild, twisted family gothic unlike any you've read before and one you won't soon forget' - Paul Tremblay, author of A Headful of Ghosts ' Sundial plumbs the psychological depths and traps of toxic relationships, expertly mixing suspense, shocks, and menace. It's a desert-dust nightmare with a scorpion's sting, and I loved it' - Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Elegantly horrifying, this tale of a family's darker-than-dark past drives the knife in deep and isn't afraid to twist. Publisher: Profile Books Ltd ISBN: 2928377078874 Number of pages: 352 Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm Edition: Main MEDIA REVIEWS And Callie is beginning to wonder if only one of them will leave Sundial alive.įrom the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street comes a stunning thriller exploring the toxicity of the mother-daughter bond, and the power of the past to twist the present. To tell her secrets about her past that both disturb and excite her. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.Ĭallie is afraid of her mother. She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her of the family she left behind. For Annie, because she fears what Callie might do to her. For Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends.

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