We Live Here Now
The sensational new thriller from the number one bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES!
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-1-3987-2261-3 (ISBN)
Description
After a holiday accident that nearly kills her, 32-year old Emily and her husband Freddie move from London into Larkin Lodge, a beautiful country house on remote Dartmoor, far away from their lives and friends in London. It should help heal her and be a wonderful fresh start but soon after moving in, Emily starts to feel that there's something wrong.
There's a terrible presence emanating from the room on the third floor. While Freddie doesn't sense anything wrong, Emily can't bear to even step across the threshold, and as the darkness she feels in the room upstairs spreads like mould further into the building, and strange occurrences start happening, Emily becomes convinced that someone was murdered in the house and is now haunting it.
But there are no records of any one ever dying in the property, not even old in their beds. In fact, it's been a happy home for all who've lived here. Except, it seems, for them. Ever since they moved into the house, their marriage has started to crumble. There's a sense of distrust. With Freddie growing distant and irritable and dismissing her concerns about the house as part of her post-sepsis syndrome, and with cracks in their relationship building with each day, Emily starts doing some digging into the secrets of Larkin Lodge and the locals who've lived there.
But how can she solve a murder that never happened? And can she solve it in time to prevent another?
There's a terrible presence emanating from the room on the third floor. While Freddie doesn't sense anything wrong, Emily can't bear to even step across the threshold, and as the darkness she feels in the room upstairs spreads like mould further into the building, and strange occurrences start happening, Emily becomes convinced that someone was murdered in the house and is now haunting it.
But there are no records of any one ever dying in the property, not even old in their beds. In fact, it's been a happy home for all who've lived here. Except, it seems, for them. Ever since they moved into the house, their marriage has started to crumble. There's a sense of distrust. With Freddie growing distant and irritable and dismissing her concerns about the house as part of her post-sepsis syndrome, and with cracks in their relationship building with each day, Emily starts doing some digging into the secrets of Larkin Lodge and the locals who've lived there.
But how can she solve a murder that never happened? And can she solve it in time to prevent another?
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Sarah Pinborough is an award-winning and New York Times, Sunday Times, and internationally bestselling author and screenwriter who is published in over 30 territories worldwide. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent books include Behind Her Eyes, now a smash-hit Netflix limited series; Dead to Her, in development with Amazon Studios; The Death House, which she is adapting herself for Compelling Pictures; and her most recent book Insomnia, which she has adapted for Left Bank Pictures, coming to Paramount+ in 2024, starring Vicky McClure. Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been shortlisted for Best Novel. She was also shortlisted for the British Book Award for Best Thriller. Sarah lives in the historic town of Stony Stratford, the home of the Cock and Bull story, with her dog, Ted. You can follow her on social media @sarahpinborough.