William di Canzio recommends
They Believed They Were Safe (2022)
(Gorne Trilogy, book 1)
Cordelia Frances Biddle
"Crystalline storytelling. Biddle, at her best here in They Believed They Were Safe, lays a solid narrative foundation then builds us a tale that proves dreamlike. There's enough of the familiar to make it real-small town, midcentury, New England. But the ending, both surprising and inevitable, leaves us astonished in a Gothic wonderland. I thoroughly enjoyed this new novel."
