What Kind of Mother: A Novel

ISBN: 1683694333

Author: Chapman, Clay

Condition: New

A New York Times Book Review Best Horror of 2023 selection.Packed with profoundly unsettling scenes thatll 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.Its 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 Henrys palm, shes 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 its 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 centurys Richard Matheson (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman.)The paperback edition includes a sneak peek from Clay McLeod Chapmans next horror novel, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.