Brundage exposes the mind of the killer in slow and forensic detail - Joan Smith ― Sunday Times A portrait of a dysfunctional marriage with supernatural shadowing. Not so much a whodunnit as a whydunnit, this richly imagined, sprawling novel contains scalpel-sharp dissections of the characters and their increasingly complex relationships - Fanny Blake ― Daily Mail Haunting. Furthermore, it's a chilling portrait of a pyschopathic killer. It's the painful story of a marriage that should never have happened. Loved it ― Stephen King What, at first, seems to be a crime novel is much more, working on several levels. Brundage's prose, which can make you gasp in astonishment or break your heart with a single line - Tom Nolan ― Wall Street Journal Ghosts, murder, a terrifying psychotic who seems normal, and beautiful writing. Reading this book is at once wrenching and exhilarating thanks to Ms. As the seemingly perfect marriage at its core reminds us, the most lethal deceptions are the stories we tell ourselves ― Vogue A book as lyrically written, frequently shocking and immensely moving as Elizabeth Brundage's All Things Cease to Appear transcends categorization. think a more literary, and feminist, Gone Girl. A lot of people will be getting this for their birthdays this year. And then a crack shoots through - unexpected light, the clarity of hatred, inevitability. Beneath the daisies and farmhouses, the drinks parties and local dramas something grand, tense and terrifying is shifting, between men and women, between townies and newcomers, between adults and children. I could have taken weeks over it, lingering on the harmony and beauty of her language and the creeping delicacy of what was going on - but the plot and the people pull you in. Succeeding as murder mystery, ghost tale, family drama, and love story, her novel is both tragic and transcendent ― Publisher's Weekly I bloody loved this. It rises to literary heights and promises a soaring mix of mysticism ― Booklist Brundage's searing, intricate novel epitomizes the best of the literary thriller, marrying gripping drama with impeccably crafted prose, characterizations, and imagery. It's a powerful and beautiful novel ― Kate Christensen At once high art and a spellbinding thriller, this is a book of many wonders, including a character as creepily sinister as any created by Patricia Highsmith ― Beverly Lowry A dynamic portrait of a young woman coming into her own of a marriage in free fall. At its heart, this is a story about women's grit and courage, will and intelligence. With masterful skill and brilliant empathy, Brundage brings each of them to vivid and remarkable life. It's also the story of four women: Ella, Catherine, Justine, and Willis. ― Caroline Leavitt All Things Cease to Appear is a riveting ghost story, psychological thriller, and literary page turner. One of the most ambitious, original and gorgeously written novels that I've ever read-and been unable to forget. Part murder mystery, part ghost story, it's also a profound look at how past guilt informs the present, how what we yearn for is not always what we get, and how it's not only houses that can be haunted, but people as well. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.īrundage's brilliant new novel is as terrifyingly unsettling-and as beautiful-as cracking ice over a raging river. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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