All the Dead Lie Down
All the Dead Lie Down is a haunting Gothic romance about a dark family lineage,
the ghosts of grief, and the lines we’ll cross for love.
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'A rich, disquieting novel for fans of horror, fairy tales, and good storytelling.' — Booklist (starred review)
'Beautiful and textured.' — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Cover Art by Marcela Bolivar
Cover Design by Moly Fehr
Days after a tragedy leaves Marin Blythe alone in the world, she receives a surprising invitation from Alice Lovelace—an acclaimed horror writer and childhood friend of Marin’s mother. Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House, the family’s coastal Maine estate.
Marin accepts and soon finds herself minding Alice’s peculiar girls. Thea buries her dolls one by one, hosting a series of funerals, while Wren does everything in her power to drive Marin away. Then Alice’s eldest daughter returns home unexpectedly. Evie Hallowell is every bit as strange as her younger sisters, and yet Marin is drawn in by Evie’s compelling behavior and ethereal grace.
But even as Marin settles in, she can’t escape the anxiety that follows her like a shadow. Dead birds appear in Marin’s room. The children’s innocent pranks escalate. Something dangerous lurks in the woods, leaving mutilated animals in its wake. All is not well at Lovelace House, and Marin must unravel its secrets before they consume her.
PRAISE FOR ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN
'McCauley skillfully wrangles haunting atmosphere, anticipatory tension, and macabre humor to cultivate a slow-boiling thriller couched in a decades-old mystery.' — Publishers Weekly
'Macabre yet somehow cozy, All the Dead Lie Down is perfect for readers who enjoy charmingly disturbing children and grand old houses full of secrets. A great book to curl up with on a dark night.' — Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns
'A compulsively readable jewel of the genre, All The Dead Lie Down, will seize you with an eeriness that refuses to relent. An instant classic, worthy of collection with the best of them.' — K. Ancrum, author of The Wicker King and Darling
'McCauley’s writing is as gorgeous as her story is gruesome, filled with a creeping dread that gets into your bones and holds you in thrall. All the Dead Lie Down is the best sapphic horror I’ve read in years.' — Erica Waters, author of The River Has Teeth and The Restless Dark
'This has it all: a slow burn sapphic love story, an agonizingly delicious build of tension, creepy children, reveals that made me gasp out loud. A gothic love story meets gothic horror story, with expert pacing, dark family secrets, and a twisted reveal I didn't see coming.' — Katrina Leno, author of Horrid and You Must Not Miss
Content Warnings: Death of a loved one; generalized anxiety disorder; panic attacks; blood; body horror; animal violence and animal death; accidental death; brief reference to an infant death; grief; drowning; emotional abuse by a parent; some scenes may be uncomfortable for those with emetophobia.
