Where He Left Me: A Novel

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From Nicole Baart, the bestselling author of Everything We Didnt Say, comes a twisty, atmospheric novel about a newlywed whose husband disappears, leaving her isolated in Washington States North Cascades.

In every world, Id find you.

Sadie Sheridans new husband Felix, a professor of planetary sciences, has vowed to never leave her. But when Felix doesnt return from a work trip, Sadie is stranded at Hemlock House, the remote mountain homestead where her husband grew up. Doubt creeps into Sadies heart. Then panic. Where is he

Scared and alone in a place that feels haunted, Sadie struggles to make sense of what her missing husband left behind. But when she catches strangers lurking around the property, Hemlock House instantly becomes both a sanctuary and a prison. Navigating threats from outside and in, Sadie is forced to confront shocking secrets that leave her questioning whether she really knows Felix at all. As a powerful storm bears down, she must decide: is she fighting only for her own survival nowor for the man who promised her the stars

Filled with dark menace and the danger of the wild, Where He Left Me is at once heartfelt and heart-pounding, from an author who writes with a poets eye for language and a storytellers gift for suspense (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author).

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Baart is at her finest in this heart-racing, cold-plunge of a novel that earns its place among the top thrillers of the year! With a plot as winding as a mountain road, and prose that sweeps you around every curve, Where He Left Me pulls back the curtain on the haunting beauty of the Cascades, and the deadly secrets they hold. Sarah Crouch, USA TODAY bestselling author of Middletide
A gripping and emotionally charged story! When I picked upWhere He Left Me, I was craving a sweeping, suspense-filled readand Nicole Baart more than delivered. This novel kept me hooked to the very last page while confronting one of the most chilling questions we face: How well do we really know the people we love Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Strangers
Nicole Baart has crafted a taut, masterfully written thriller, complete with a mysterious house, a secretive husband, and a devastating snowstorm. The tension is high and the stakes are higher in this atmospheric tale of love, abandonment, and the lengths well go to protect the people we love. Kimi Cunningham Grant, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Nature of Disappearing
A hauntingly beautiful and suspenseful tale of a woman grappling to come to terms with her husband's love when he disappears, leaving her to fend for herself during a storm with two unwanted strangers. I started reading it again for the second time as soon as I finished it, because I didn't want to leave the world Nicole Baart so masterfully spun. Lyn Liao Butler, bestselling author ofSomeone Else's Life
A beautifully written, pulse-raising story made up of equal parts love and terror: a reminder that the risk you take when you fall in love with someone is every bit as terrifying as anything that goes bump in the night. Gin Phillips, award-winning author of Fierce Kingdom
After Sadie Sheridan relocates to her husbands isolated childhood home, echoes of his past begin to softly knock. Packed with an unrelenting eeriness, Where He Left Me explores the trauma that can tear a family apart, and the bittersweetness of reconnecting. Baarts gorgeously clever writing makes this an emotional and exhilarating read! Nicole Lundrigan, bestselling author of A Man Downstairs

Author Bio

Nicole Baart is the author of several novels, includingWhere He Left MeandEverything We Didnt Say. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family.Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.