A woman scrapes by running fake psychic readings and questionable side work, comfortable in her role as a convincing liar. Her carefully constructed world shifts when she encounters Susan Burke, a desperate client convinced that something evil lurks within Carterhook Manor, the Victorian house Susan shares with her husband and teenage stepson. What begins as another lucrative con spirals into something far more sinister and uncertain as the young woman finds herself drawn deeper into the Burke family's unsettling mystery. Gillian Flynn explores the blurred line between manipulation and genuine supernatural terror in this unsettling psychological thriller.
