Death in Her Hands
Layered
Unpredictable
Repetitive

Death in Her Hands A Novel

"From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home While on her normal daily walk with her dog in the nearby forest woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with a frame of stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, having moved here from her longtime home after the death of her husband, and she knows very few people. And she's a little shaky even on her best days. Her brooding about this note quickly grows into a full-blown obsession, and she begins to devote herself to exploring the possibilities of her conjectures about who this woman was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But as we follow her in her investigation, strange dissonances start to accrue, and our faith in her grip on reality weakens, until finally, just as she seems to be facing some of the darkness in her own past with her late husband, we are forced to face the prospect that there is either a more innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one--one that strikes closer to home. A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both guide us closer to the truth and keep us at bay from it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, only this time the stakes have never been higher"--
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elinabel hidalgo @cookiejar
2.5 stars
Oct 18, 2024
Depressing
Unpredictable
Thought provoking
Photo of Laura
Laura @primabambina
4 stars
Sep 20, 2024
Unique
Layered
Conceptual
Photo of Patrick Book
Patrick Book@patrickb
3 stars
Jul 5, 2024
Photo of Ryan Mateyk
Ryan Mateyk@the_rybrary
3 stars
Jul 4, 2024
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armoni mayes@armonim1
3 stars
Jun 17, 2024
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Katie Berges @mermaidstatus
4 stars
Jun 1, 2024
This review contains a spoiler
Vivid
Unique
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Maria@nocturnes
3 stars
Apr 2, 2024
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kayla @kayellng
3 stars
Mar 14, 2024
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Ziggy@karamazov
2.5 stars
Jan 19, 2024
Surreal
Repetitive
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mousie@mousepilled
5 stars
Jan 15, 2024
Photo of Sarah
Sarah@skellyreads
3 stars
Jan 13, 2024
Photo of Sarah Pitts
Sarah Pitts@sez
4 stars
Jan 9, 2024
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Xiang@xiaoming
1 star
Jan 8, 2024
Dry
Unpredictable
Photo of lexie
lexie@lexiereads
4 stars
Jan 7, 2024
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esperanza @espymagana
3 stars
Jan 7, 2024
Photo of tori
tori@tttori
2 stars
Aug 28, 2023
Photo of Grace Frost
Grace Frost@gracefrost
1 star
Jul 13, 2023
This review contains a spoiler
Photo of Chris Mock
Chris Mock@thechrismock
2.5 stars
Apr 13, 2023
Photo of Marcus Rosen
Marcus Rosen@hummingbird
5 stars
Apr 1, 2023
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Alexa M@alexasversion
3 stars
Feb 6, 2023
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Ellie Crawford@eliz_crawford
2 stars
Feb 2, 2023
Photo of Midori Kobayashi
Midori Kobayashi@snortingpages
3 stars
Jan 22, 2023
Photo of aisha
aisha@aishas
3 stars
Jan 4, 2023
Easy read
Compelling
Conceptual
Photo of Sydney Rodriguez
Sydney Rodriguez@syds_stories
5 stars
Jan 1, 2023

Highlights

Photo of Grace McCarter
Grace McCarter@gracemccarter
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Grace McCarter@gracemccarter
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Grace McCarter@gracemccarter
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Ziggy@karamazov
Page 72
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Mitch McGonegal@mitch
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