The Lonely Place Trilogy

A chilling debut novel by the author of acclaimed non-fiction works, including High Royds Hospital and Meanwood Park Hospital. George thought his past was buried—until the call came. His mother, locked away in Wakehurst Psychiatric Hospital, had died. Eighteen years had passed since he left his hometown of Whitefish, Minnesota. Eighteen years he had left her to rot in his memory. But when a friend insists he returns for the funeral, George steps back into a town populated by familiar faces he’d hoped never to see again.

When Catherine Labelle learns of her childhood best friend unexpected death, the fragile fabric of her reality begins to unravel. Her husband, James, works the trails at Yellowstone National Park, and their eldest son, George, is a kind-hearted child with a love for The Cisco Kid. But it’s Denny, their youngest, who seems most... troubled. He finds comfort in his imaginary friend, Perry, whose unsettling influence begins to seep into their everyday lives.