What Kind of Mother (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781683693802)

A New York Times Book Review Best Horror of 2023 selection.

"Packed with profoundly unsettling scenes that'll slither under your skin and stay there long after you turn the last page."--Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home

After striking out on her own as a teen mom, Madi Price is forced to return to her hometown of Brandywine, Virginia, with her seventeen-year-old daughter. With nothing to her name, she scrapes together a living as a palm reader at the local farmers market.

It's there that she connects with old high school flame Henry McCabe, now a reclusive local fisherman whose infant son, Skyler, went missing five years ago. Everyone in town is sure Skyler is dead, but when Madi reads Henry's palm, she's haunted by strange and disturbing visions that suggest otherwise. As she follows the thread of these visions, Madi discovers a terrifying nightmare waiting at the center of the labyrinth--and it's coming for everyone she holds dear.

Combining supernatural horror with domestic suspense into a visceral exploration of parental grief, What Kind of Mother cements Clay McLeod Chapman's reputation as a "star" (Vulture) and "the twenty-first century's Richard Matheson" (Richard Chizmar, Chasing the Boogeyman.)

Author: Clay McLeod Chapman
ISBN-10: 1683693809
ISBN-13: 9781683693802
Publisher: Quirk Books
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2023 pg. 96
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 45