What Kind of Mother

About this book

A New York Times Book Review Best Horror of 2023 selection. “Packed with profoundly unsettling scenes that’ll slither under your skin and stay there long after you turn the last page.”—Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You HomeAfter striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Brandywine, Virginia, with her seventeen-year-old daughter. With nothing to her name, she scrapes together a living as a palm reader at the local farmers market.  It’s there that she connects with old high school flame Henry McCabe, now a reclusive local fisherman whose infant son, Skyler, went missing five years ago. Everyone in town is sure Skyler is dead, but when Madi reads Henry’s palm, she’s haunted by strange and disturbing visions that suggest otherwise. As she follows the thread of these visions, Madi discovers a terrifying nightmare waiting at the center of the labyrinth—and it’s coming for everyone she holds dear.Combining supernatural horror with domestic suspense into a visceral exploration of parental grief, What Kind of Mother cements Clay McLeod Chapman's reputation as a “star” (Vulture) and “the twenty-first century’s Richard Matheson” (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman.)

About the author

Clay McLeod Chapman has 6 books in the store, published between 2023 and 2027, mostly in Fiction, Juvenile Fiction.

Details

Format

Hardcover

ISBN-13

9781683693802

Publisher

Quirk Books

Published

September 12, 2023

Pages

304

Weight

18.4 oz

Editions

4 (Paperback · Hardcover · Audio CD)

Subject

Fiction