Staff Pick
I was on edge from the very moment I started reading. This book is deliciously eerie, twisty, and thrilling. Revolving around a line of cursed women — passed down mother to daughter — a crumbling lighthouse, and a skeptical woman determined to be different from her family, all set on the rocky shores of Cape Disappointment. I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book since putting it down! Recommended By Bee D., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The best kind of story — one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you. — Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Children on the Hill
For fans of Jennifer McMahon and Silvia Moreno-Garcia comes a haunting and atmospheric new novel from Katrina Monroe.
If you can hear the call of the water,
It's already far too late.
They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf. Now the tourists are long gone, and when Meredith Strand and her young daughter return to Meredith's childhood home after an acrimonious split from her wife, the Cape seems more haunted by regret than any malevolent force.
But her mother, suffering from early stages of Alzheimer's, is convinced the ghost stories are real. Not only is there something in the water, but it's watching them. Waiting for them. Reaching out to Meredith's daughter the way it has to every woman in their line for generations — and if Meredith isn't careful, all three women, bound by blood and heartbreak, will be lost one by one to the ocean's mournful call.
Part modern gothic, part ghost story, They Drown Our Daughters explores the depths of motherhood, identity, and the lengths a woman will go to hold on to both.
Review
"A haunting, intimately heartbreaking legacy of trauma and horror, soaked in seaspray and endlessly compelling. Once you hear the ocean's song, you won't be able to leave Cape Disappointment behind!" — Caitlin Starling, USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence
Review
"A generation-spanning ghost story brimming with chills and family drama...themes of familial bonds and generational curses, along with its overall spooky atmosphere, should keep readers hooked until the end." — Library Journal
Review
"More than a century of loss related by narrators from different generations, combined with a malevolent ghost, gives this gothic read plenty of appeal for horror fans, while the family drama will compel readers of women's fiction." — Booklist
About the Author
Katrina Monroe lives in Minnesota with her wife, two children, and Eddie, the ghost that haunts their bedroom closets. Follow her on twitter @authorkatm.