num_pages: 365
description:  A missing child. A desperate mother. And a house full of secrets.Two years ago Julia lost her family in a tragic accident. Her husband drowned trying to save their daughter Lily in the river near their rural home. But the little girls body was never foundand Julia believes Lily is somehow still alive.Alone and broke Julia opens her house as a writers retreat. One of the first guests is Lucas a horror novelist who becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Lily. But within days of his arrival the peace of the retreat is shattered by a series of eerie events.When Lucass investigation leads him and Julia into the woods they discover a dark secreta secret that someone will do anything to protectWhat really happened that day by the river? Why was Lily never found? And who or what is haunting the retreat?
language: English
title: The Retreat
publisher: Thomas & Mercer