Trad Wife

An electrifying horror novel about the queen of the trad wives, full of gothic rot, dopplegangers and one macabre, insidious deception, from three-time Bram Stoker winner Sarah Langan. ´Scary and absorbing´ – Stephen King ´A darker, even more horrifying Yesteryear . . . you won’t be able to put it down´ – Stylist Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals, she´s an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a lie. Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to uncover the deception behind Mia´s curated life. But there´s something wrong at the farmhouse. It slithers through Jenny´s dreams when the children sing strange nursery rhymes at night. She´s losing time. She´s losing her hair. She starts to worry that she´s losing her mind. There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it´s waiting just for Jenny. ‘Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible’ – Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street ´Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered and utterly laced with doom´ – Olivie Blake, bestselling author of Girl Dinner ‘Menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected’ – Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of Night