West Hall, Vermont, is steeped in legend. The darkest tale belongs to Sara Harrison Shea, found dead in 1908 just months after her daughter’s tragic death. Locals whisper that she was touched by something beyond the grave.
More than a century later, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara’s farmhouse with her mother and sister. Life off the grid has always felt strange, but when Ruthie wakes to find her mother missing, the past crashes into the present. Hidden beneath the floorboards, she uncovers Sara’s diary, filled with chilling accounts of grief, obsession, and the impossible.
Jennifer McMahon’s The Winter People, a national bestseller, is a haunting thriller about vanished mothers, ghostly secrets, and the lengths we go to hold on to those we love.
