The Bones of the Story

Superior Goodman is superb at doling out reveals gradually, and toggling between past and present to build ample tension. Admirers of Riley Sagers The Last Time I Lied will be enthralled. Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Carol Goodman's The Bones of the Story deftly and intriguingly combines a decades-old campus mystery, a powerful winter storm, and a batch of suspects and potential victims to create one of the best and smartest locked-room mysteries I've read in a long time. A page-turner with both heart and brains. Don't miss it!" David Bell, New York Times bestselling author of Try Not to Breathe and Shes Gone Carol Goodman's The Bones of The Story delivers the perfect mix of dark academia and locked-room thriller vibes in a tense cat-and-mouse game where decades-old secrets haunt every page and lead to deadly consequences. Darby Kane, #1 International bestselling author of Pretty Little Wife This smooth cocktail of refreshingly chilly suspense is sure to win [Goodman] new fans. Publishers Weekly on The Disinvited Guest Goodman, a master genre-blender, has integrated elements of Mary Roberts Rineharts had-I-but-known gambit and Agatha Christies alone-on-an-island theme to come up with a real winner. Booklist (starred review) on The Disinvited Guest The Disinvited Guest is a tense, fever dream of a thriller in an extraordinary, atmospheric setting, gripping from first page to last. In a world under attack from a new virus, seven friends take refuge on a private, fog-drenched island where memories are both long and unreliable, illness lurks, the terrain is treacherous and even the islands history has claws. Carol Goodman is a brilliant writer, and she shines here. Loved it. Gilly Macmillan, New York Times bestselling author [A] superior thrillerThe plot takes many terrifying twists and turns en route to the surprising climax. Those with a taste for the gothic will be richly rewarded. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Stranger Behind You A mesmerizing narrative that culminates in a poignant ending to a brilliant journey. Gothic? Note the phantom lye and bleach stench and wait for it! Make sure fans of Shari Lapena and Alison Gaylin get their hands on this one. Booklist on The Stranger Behind You

Carol Goodman is the critically acclaimed author of fourteen novels, including The Lake of Dead Languages and The Seduction of Water, which won the 2003 Hammett Prize. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family, and teaches writing and literature at the New School and SUNY New Paltz.