The Buried — Lisa Childs

For fans of the bestsellers The Sanatorium and The Guest List, the latest novel in this atmospheric series, set in a former insane asylum on a remote island off the coast of Maine, is laden with Gothic atmosphere and brilliantly plotted twists and turns.

Somewhere inside Halcyon Hall, the elite spa with an infamous past on a remote Maine island, are the answers state trooper Mae Montgomery desperately needs to solve a murder investigation. To find them, she's checking into the exclusive retreat under an assumed name -- that of her late sister, a former model. But at least one person isn't fooled.

Fitness trainer Bode James grew up on Bane Island and took it upon himself to transform the former psychiatric hospital into a wellness resort. But a killer still lurks here. Bode already lost the mother of his child. And though he believes Mae is there under false pretenses, he also fears that without her help, more people will die.

Mae blames Bode for contributing to her sister's death. But who can be trusted at Halcyon Hall? Beneath its history of dead and missing women is a legacy of evil that must be reckoned with at last, before it buries them all . . .

PRAISE FOR LISA CHILDS

“Atmospheric, emotional, and well-told.”
-- New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde on The Runaway

“Grabs you from page one. . . . Lisa Childs paints an eerie, haunting suspense that will keep you riveted until the very last page!” -- Rita Herron, USA Today bestselling author on The Runaway

“A page-turning romantic thriller. Bane Island may be a dangerous place, but readers will look forward to coming back.” -- Publishers Weekly on The Hunted