'A story where nothing is what it seems-a thrilling hall of mirrors full of deeply disturbing twists. The mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future. And Callie fears that only one of them will leave Sundial alive…

Rob has begun to look at her strangely, and speaks of past secrets. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.Ĭallie is worried about her mother. She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind.

But Rob fears for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs.

Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.Īll Rob wanted was a normal life. Authentically terrifying.” -Stephen KingĪnticipated and Recommended by Bustle, USA Today, CNN, i09, The Nerd Daily, LitReactor, GoodReads, LitHub, and more! It’s a well trodden haunt for serial killers, including Ted Bundy.“DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK. This is land that can swallow you whole – and has done. They’re wonderful, but also indifferent to you. I’m also fascinated by that part of the world, especially the beautiful forests of the Pacific Northwest in Washington State.

I’m a UK/ US dual national, so it was interesting for me to explore a new part of myself as a writer, and as a person. How was it switching to a more modern story based in the US?Ī: I wanted to do something completely different. Q: Your previous novels ( Rawblood, Little Eve) have been period pieces set in the UK. Olivia feels so real to me! I think it’s the most I’ve ever enjoyed writing a character. And also when I realised that a cat’s favourite leisure activity would be to watch a TV show of itself, talking about different kinds of naps. Once I got into it, though, it was so much fun. I started to understand Olivia when I realised she would treat her duty towards taking care of Ted very seriously – like a sacred task. We don’t really know what cats think or feel – and a lot of our interaction with them is based on what we as humans want and need from them as pets, or for comfort.

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