The Wildling Sisters

"Houses are never just houses," says Margot Wilde. In this gripping modern gothic novel that takes place in two different time periods, a house becomes practically a character. In 1959, 15-year-old Margot and her three sisters visit their aunt and uncle's country house, Applecote Manor, for the first time since their cousin Audrey disappeared five years earlier. In the present day, Jessie and her husband, Will, buy Applecote to escape from crowded, crime-ridden London. In Margot's story, told in the first person, Margot is drawn to Audrey's bedroom, which Audrey's mother keeps in pristine condition, waiting for the lost girl's return. Meanwhile, Margot and her sisters' loyalties are divided for the first time when they meet two handsome young neighbors. In Jessie's story, told in the third person, Applecote is meant to be a clean slate for her family, but her husband is constantly being pulled back to London, and her teenage stepdaughter, Bella, is fixated on her dead mother and the 50-year-old mystery of the missing Audrey. The two narratives converge as the house reveals its secrets.