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Voted best book in the mystery, thriller and suspense category on Amazon, Prisoners of Winter has all the elements for anyone who loves a good horror story.
West Hall, Vermont, has always been known for its mysterious and macabre stories. In 1908, Sara Harrison Shea was found dead in the woods behind her home, just months after the tragic loss of her daughter, Gertie. Now, a hundred years after that incident, some residents believe that Sara roams the deserted streets at night and so they leave offerings in front of their homes to keep her spirit from haunting them.
Ruthie Washburne, a 19-year-old girl, has never taken these stories seriously. To her, they're nothing more than urban legends. Raised on an isolated farm, she dreams of leaving West Hall to go to college. Her mother, Alice, on the other hand, insists on maintaining a quiet, bucolic lifestyle, preventing Ruthie and her younger sister, Fawn, from even having a computer at home. However, one day, upon waking, Ruthie realizes that her mother has disappeared without a trace, and she begins to suspect that something dangerous may lurk behind her eccentricities... Especially when, alongside her sister, she finds a copy of Sara's diary hidden in their mother's room.
The diary tells the story of a desperate mother, willing to do anything to get her daughter back. As Ruthie delves into Sara's tragic life, she discovers she's not alone in searching for a missing person, nor is she the only one interested in unraveling the secrets the diary contains. But she may be the only person capable of preventing a great evil from happening.
Prisoners of Winter is a macabre thriller with a gripping story that will leave the reader's hair standing on end.
"I don't believe in ghosts. At least that's what I kept trying to convince myself while reading Prisoners of Winter . I also don't need to sleep with the light on. I kept trying to convince myself of that too. Prisoners of Winter is scary. Everything you want in a good horror story." Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Light in the Ruins .
"One of the scariest books of the year. Jennifer McMahon blends mystery and the supernatural in a thriller as chilling as it is gripping." The Miami Herald
“A very human ghost story.” Oprah
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