It is wily, mercurial, subtly layered, and populated by characters so well imagined that are hard to part with
-Wall Street Journal
"Chilling ...... unputdownable psychological thriller"
-Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"Impressive novel... intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read."
-New York Times
Over the past 150 years, HELLROSE psychiatric hospital has become one of America's most feared establishments.
After being plagued by flashbacks to a terrifying past, a psychiatrist, Dr. Lisa Williams, tries to repair her life by helping a new outlandish patient who has his own horrifying history.