4.0
The Unknown
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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again.
Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.
Because New Avalon isn’t your ordinary island. A century ago, it was a commune for spiritual mediums—until they all vanished in 1926. The only trace of them was five dresses hanging from the branches of an old oak tree in the middle of the island, one for each missing woman. Some locals say they simply left. Others think they were murdered. But the prevailing opinion, thanks to a diary left behind by one of the vanished, a young woman named Daisy Rue, is that a séance gone wrong conjured something supernatural that took them all one by one.
Not long after arriving, Marin and her castmates, including legendary actress Violet Wright and white-hot director Ronan Peters, begin to realize all is not right with New Avalon. They hear strange noises in the night and notice mysterious symbols left behind by the island's previous occupants. And after a sudden health emergency leaves Marin, Ronan, and the other actors stranded on the island, the disappearances begin again.
Is it the work of someone trying to derail the movie? Or is the island’s alleged supernatural past catching up with the present? As fear and suspicion mount, Marin turns to Daisy’s diary, hoping it holds the key to figuring out what really happened to the women of New Avalon—and how to keep the island’s terrible history from repeating itself.
In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again.
Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.
Because New Avalon isn’t your ordinary island. A century ago, it was a commune for spiritual mediums—until they all vanished in 1926. The only trace of them was five dresses hanging from the branches of an old oak tree in the middle of the island, one for each missing woman. Some locals say they simply left. Others think they were murdered. But the prevailing opinion, thanks to a diary left behind by one of the vanished, a young woman named Daisy Rue, is that a séance gone wrong conjured something supernatural that took them all one by one.
Not long after arriving, Marin and her castmates, including legendary actress Violet Wright and white-hot director Ronan Peters, begin to realize all is not right with New Avalon. They hear strange noises in the night and notice mysterious symbols left behind by the island's previous occupants. And after a sudden health emergency leaves Marin, Ronan, and the other actors stranded on the island, the disappearances begin again.
Is it the work of someone trying to derail the movie? Or is the island’s alleged supernatural past catching up with the present? As fear and suspicion mount, Marin turns to Daisy’s diary, hoping it holds the key to figuring out what really happened to the women of New Avalon—and how to keep the island’s terrible history from repeating itself.
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“This was ABSOLUTELY fantastic. From start to finish this had me hooked. Read in a little over a little over 24 hours and thats only because I had to adult 😅 otherwise I fell like I could have read this in one sitting. If you think you know where this is going NO YOU DO NOT. The end had me baffled! Like mouth a gape, questioning everything I thought I knew. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo good sir. As you may know I am a sucker for a good romance but a good horror/thriller?! Man I just eat that up. Definitely going to read some more from this author because of the (now) 2 I’ve read I can say I am a huge fan.”“Riley Sager is an auto-buy author for me and this book blew my mind. Everything be writes plays in my head like a movie and this one specifically was so easy to picture and be immersed into. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Also like me checking over my shoulder a couple times because it was so creepy.”
Diverse representationLikeableMemorableMinor characters stand outMultilayeredStrong relationshipsAction-packedAddictiveClever plottingFast-pacedGripping/excitingSatisfying conclusionSteady pacingSuspensefulTwistyUnpredictableAtmosphericDarkEerieEvocative imageryImmersive world-buildingInnovativeMysteriousSetting fits the storyUnique locationVivid descriptions
“THIS BOOK BLEW MY FRICKEN MIND!
This was my first Riley Sager book and needless to say I WILL be picking up another very soon! The twists and turns had me jumping out of my seat AND THAT ENDING?!!! Literally insane….”
BelievableMemorableMorally ambiguousMultilayeredStrong villainAction-packedAddictiveClever plottingFast-pacedSatisfying conclusionSuspensefulTwistyUnpredictableAtmosphericDarkEerieEvocative imageryImmersive world-buildingOtherworldlyRusticVivid descriptionsEasy to readWittyAbuseChild abuseDeathDomestic violenceSubstance abuseViolence
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