From the writer whose novels inspired the BBCs Dublin Murders TV series... One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartts The Secret History THE TIMES An engrossing unpredictable beautifully written mystery SOPHIE HANNAH Dark and twisty SUNDAY TIMESMesmerising GILLIAN FLYNNIm a big fan of Tana French IAN RANKINWHAT DO WE HIDE INSIDE OURSELVESOne 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 wildstrawberry 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 book from a novelist who takes crime writing and turns it inside out The Wych Elm asks what we become and what were capable of if we no longer know who we are.This book confirms Tana French as crime fictions biggest contemporary star GuardianLyrical suspenseful unpredictable Harlan Coben French offers a masterclass in unreliability Sunday Times Terrific terrifying amazing and the prose is incandescent Stephen KingAnother one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin Lucy Mangan StylistTo say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this a truly great writer Gillian FlynnThis mystery about family memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long long time Erin KellyThe Wych Elm should cement Frenchs place in the first rank of great literary novelists Observer