The family plot a novel

"At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she spent the last several years living on her own, but unable to move beyond her past--especially th...

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Main Author: Collins, Megan, 1984- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Atria Books, 2021.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Summary: "At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she spent the last several years living on her own, but unable to move beyond her past--especially the disappearance of her twin brother Andy when they were sixteen. With her father's death, Dahlia returns to the house she has avoided for years. But the rest of the Lighthouse family arrives for the memorial, a gruesome discovery is made: buried in the reserved plot is another body--Andy's, his skull split open with an ax. Each member of the family handles the revelation in unusual ways. Her brother Charlie pours his energy into creating a family memorial museum, highlighting their research into the lives of famous murder victims; her sister Tate forges ahead with her popular dioramas portraying crime scenes; and their mother affects a cheerfully domestic facade, becoming unrecognizable as the woman who performed murder reenactments for her children. 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"--
Physical Description: 309 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781982163853
1982163852
9781982163846
1982163844
Author Notes: Megan Collins is the author of Thicker Than Water , The Family Plot , Behind the Red Door , and The Winter Sister . She taught creative writing for many years at both the high school and college level and is the managing editor of 3Elements Literary Review . She lives in Connecticut, where she obsesses over dogs, miniatures, and cake.