It will only hurt for a moment / Delilah S. Dawson.
"In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Violence, a young woman hopes to reinvent herself at an isolated artists' colony ... only to be drawn into its dark, twisted past. Sarah Carpenter is starting over. She's on the run -- leaving behind her unsupportive, narcissistic ex-boyfriend and alcoholic, abusive mother -- and headed for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists' colony on the grounds of a closed hotel. There, with no cell signal or internet to distract her, she hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together. But when Sarah uncovers the body of a young woman while digging a hole for a pit kiln, things start to fall apart. Her fellow artists begin to act in troubling ways. The eccentric fiber artist knits an endless scarf. The musician plays the same carousel song over and over until his fingers bleed. The calligrapher grins with ink-stained teeth. Not to mention the haunting dreams Sarah has night after night. When she discovers glass shards in her clay, Sarah wonders if someone is out to get her -- or if she's losing her grip on reality out here in the wilds, where the pounding of the waterfall never, ever fades. As she investigates the beautiful valley and the crumbling resort looming over them all, she unearths a chilling past that refuses to remain buried ... "-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593156650 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 355 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Gothic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Dawso | 31681010394393 | FICTION | Checked out | 02/24/2026 |
- Baker & Taylor
Heading for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists' colony, Sarah Carpenter hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together, but soon she unearths a chillingly horrific past that cannot remain buried. - Baker & Taylor
Heading for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artistsâ colony, Sarah Carpenter hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together, but soon she unearths a chillingly horrific past that cannot remain buried. - Random House, Inc.
In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Awardânominated author of The Violence, a young woman hopes to reinvent herself at an isolated artistsâ colony . . . only to be drawn into its dark, twisted past.
âFilled to the brim with righteous fury and fright that cannot be quelled, this novel solidifies Dawson as an unstoppable force.ââClay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters
Sarah Carpenter is starting over.
Sheâs on the runâleaving behind her unsupportive, narcissistic ex-boyfriend and alcoholic, abusive motherâand headed for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artistsâ colony on the grounds of a closed hotel. There, with no cell signal or internet to distract her, she hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together.
But when Sarah uncovers the body of a young woman while digging a hole for a pit kiln, things start to fall apart. Her fellow artists begin to act in troubling ways. The eccentric fiber artist knits an endless scarf. The musician plays the same carousel song over and over until his fingers bleed. The calligrapher grins with ink-stained teeth. Not to mention the haunting dreams Sarah has night after night.
When she discovers glass shards in her clay, Sarah wonders if someone is out to get herâor if sheâs losing her grip on reality out here in the wilds, where the pounding of the waterfall never, ever fades. As she investigates the beautiful valley and the crumbling resort looming over them all, she unearths a chilling past that refuses to remain buried . . .