She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. “A true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end.” -Stephen King on The Last House on Needless StreetĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.ĬATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. Running from her past has led her directly back to it - what’s buried at Sundial could never stay a secret forever, and Rob must risk one last trip out there to protect her family, and her future. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind. Far from her childhood home, Sundial, hidden deep in the wild Mojave Desert.īut beneath the veneer, Rob is terrified for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. “The new face of literary dark fiction.” -Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her EyesĪll Rob wanted was a normal life. To tell her secrets about her past that both disturb and excite her.Īnd they are both afraid that only one of them will make it back from Sundial alive.Ī gripping gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL is a must-read for fans of GIRL A and SHARP OBJECTS.Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street. And there she will have to make a terrible choice. Seeing no other way to keep Annie safe, she decides to take Callie back to Sundial, her childhood home deep in the Mojave Desert. She sees a darkness in Callie that reminds her of the family she left behind, and a life she has tried to forget. 'Brilliant and moving' - SARAH PINBOROUGHĬallie collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends, and Rob is afraid of what she might to do Annie, her younger sister. 'A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with twists' - ALEX MICHAELIDES

'Creepy, individual and gripping' - IAN RANKIN

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