THE WYCH ELM

An absolute masterpiece John Boyne

One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartts The Secret History . . . impossible to put down The Times

From one of the greatest suspense writers in the world, already lauded as one of the novels of 2019, comes a landmark novel of huge ambition.
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WHAT DO WE HIDE INSIDE OURSELVES?

One night changes everything for Toby. Hes always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his familys ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.

But not long after Tobys arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.

As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.

A spellbinding standalone from a literary writer who turns the crime genre inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what were capable of, if we no longer know