All I Want: A Novel

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The New York Times bestselling author of A Simple Favor brings her sly, satirical, subversive (L.S. Hilton, author of Ultima) prose to a pitch-perfect psychological suspense novel about a young couple whose disintegrating marriage and remote new home in rural, upstate New York make for a terrifying descent into the darker side of human nature.

When Emmas husband, Ben, falls in love with a large Victorian mansion for sale in upstate New York, he swears to her the fixer-upper will be worth the risk. With a baby on the way, Emma would like to live in a charming, safe community, after alland in a space larger than a one-bedroom New York City apartment. On impulse, she agrees to Bens plan and they put in an offer on the house.

Sure, the mansion has a somewhat creepy backstory and is a bit dilapidated, but Emma and Ben are in this together, arent they When strange things start happening, Emma begins to experience a little buyers remorse. Whats the real history of this house Is its dark history repeating itself Why does her husband suddenly seem so distant Is she in danger Is her baby

Combining the domestic anxiety of Liane Moriarty and the haunting twists and turns of Shirley Jackson, All I Want is an intensely absorbing novel that will change the way you look at your neighbors.

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"ALL I WANT is a terrifying descent into the darker side of nature, with a double twist that will leave you slack-jawed." * The Big Thrill *
"Sly and genuinely creepy." * PopSugar *
"A mixture of horror and mystery imbue this chilling novel about a couple buying a dilapidated mansion with a dark past." * Shelf Awareness *

Author Bio

Darcey Bell is theNew York Timesbestselling author of Woman of the Year,All I Want,Something Shes Not Telling Us, andA Simple Favor, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Darcey was raised on a dairy farm in western Iowa and is currently a preschool teacher in Chicago.