Writing style
Conversational · Direct
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Mystery and thriller
- Print length
- 384 pagesFlatiron Books, 2022
Description
Newly out of rehabilitation, Mallory Quinn takes a live-in job caring for five-year-old Teddy Maxwell. The position offers routine, privacy, and a chance to rebuild her life, and she quickly bonds with the shy boy and his ever-present sketchbook. Then Teddy’s innocent pictures give way to a disturbing sequence: a man dragging a dead woman through a forest. As the drawings become more sophisticated and unnervingly realistic, Mallory begins to suspect that they reveal an unsolved murder through supernatural means. Interpreting the images may be the only way to protect Teddy, but pursuing them also threatens her fragile stability and credibility. The novel blends domestic unease, psychological suspense, and supernatural horror around the question of who will believe a compromised witness.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Brisk
Tone
Eerie · Suspenseful · Tense · Unsettling
Structure
Linear
Focus
Atmosphere · Mystery · Plot
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250819345
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