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By (author) Reyes, Ana

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A spine-chilling, superbly atmospheric Gothic thriller about a cabin deep in the New England woods.

Maya was in high school when her best friend Aubrey mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man, Frank, they”d been hanging around with all summer.

Seven years later, Maya is just managing to move on, but her past comes back to haunt her when she discovers a recent YouTube video in which a woman suddenly keels over in a diner sitting across from none other than Frank.

Plunged back into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her small Berkshires hometown to finally figure out the truth about what happened.

With guidance from the half-written book by the father in Guatemala she never knew, Maya”s quest for answers forces her to relive that fateful summer, finally leading her back to Frank”s cabin in the woods.

Biographical note

Ana Reyes has an MFA from Louisiana State University. Her work has appeared in Bodega, Pear Noir!, The New Delta Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and teaches creative writing to older adults at Santa Monica College. The House in the Pines is her first novel.