The Family Plot
Book Feature - The Family Plot by Megan Collins
HBL Note: Calling all true-crime fans! This novel is actually about true-crime fans, a whole family who is obsessed with true-crime until they find themselves in the middle of one! Megan Collins is also the author of the psychological suspense novels The Winter Sister and Behind the Red Door, so you may already be a fan of hers. Michele Campbell, internationally bestselling author of It's Always the Husband (one of my favorite book titles) said of THE FAMILY PLOT, “A masterpiece of gothic suspense and horror, filled with dark family secrets and stunning twists. Not to be missed.” Scroll down to read more.
From the publisher:
At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse remains haunted by her upbringing. Raised in a secluded island mansion and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, who named their four children after murder victims, she has been unable to move beyond the disappearance of her twin brother Andy a decade ago. With her father’s death, Dahlia returns to the house she has avoided for years. But soon the family makes a gruesome discovery: buried in their father’s plot is another body—Andy’s, his skull split open with an ax, just like his namesake.
As Dahlia grapples with her own grief and horror, she realizes that her eccentric family, and the mansion itself, may hold the answers to what happened to her twin. With her signature “spellbinding, poignant, and atmospheric” (Christina McDonald, USA TODAY bestselling author) storytelling, Megan Collins weaves a haunting and suspenseful tale filled with secrets that won’t stay buried for long.