Dismantled A Novel [Paperback]

“An eerie and gripping tale of suspense….A triumph.”
—Boston Globe

The author of theNew York TimesbestsellerIsland of Lost Girls,Jennifer McMahon returns withDismantled—a stunning and chilling thriller that further burnishes her reputation as, “One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense” (Los Angeles Timesonline). Stewart O’Nan, author ofSongs for the Missing,callsDismantled,“A fun, twisty thriller. Expect comparisons toThe Secret History.” Readers of Laura Lippman, Tana French, and Alice Sebold’sThe Lovely Boneswill not be able to shake this breathtaking tale of the dark consequences of a group of college friends’ belief that all things—and people—must be taken apart to be truly understood.

When Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz form the Compassionate Dismantlers in college, the first rule of their manifesto is, To understand the nature of a thing, it must be taken apart. But their penchant for acts of meaningful vandalism and elaborate, often dangerous pranks results in Suz's death in the woods of Vermont—a tragedy the surviving Dismantlers decide to cover up.

Nearly a decade later, Henry and Tess are desperate to forget, but their guilt isn't ready to let them go. When a mysterious Dismantler-style postcard drives a past pranklS²