Description
In 1926, five women vanished from a remote Vermont island—leaving behind only five dresses on an oak tree and a mystery that refuses to stay buried. A century later, struggling actress Marin Keane is cast in a major film about New Avalon, only to discover that the role demands a weeklong research trip to the very place where the past may still be alive. As Marin and her co-stars—along with a volatile director and a legendary actress—begin to experience unsettling signs and escalating danger, the line between cinematic reenactment and real-world terror starts to blur. With a diary from one of the missing women as her guide, Marin must unravel whether someone is orchestrating the disappearances or whether the island’s supernatural legend has finally found a new way to claim its victims. Blending Sager’s signature suspense and twist-driven storytelling with themes of obsession, performance, and the haunting persistence of unresolved trauma, this is a chilling mystery that turns the act of “making a story” into a fight for survival.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Group
Published Aug 4, 2026
ISBN: 9798217044092
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Unknown by Riley Sager.