THE FAMILY INSIDE
It takes a special family to turn a home into a nightmare.
Since her husband’s unsolved murder three years ago, Iris Blodgett’s life has unraveled. Awash in grief and buried in debt, she can’t pay her mortgage—and now that she’s lost her job, she has no idea how she’ll provide for her unruly teenage daughter, Ellory.
Facing eviction, Iris turns to her new beau, prominent architect Hugh Smoll, for a shoulder to cry on. But the seemingly perfect Hugh offers her something more: an invitation to move into his mother’s centuries-old mansion while he renovates the property.
It seems like the perfect solution, but when Iris and Ellory arrive at Ravencliff, the family inside isn’t quite what they expected. Iris didn’t even know Hugh had siblings, much less that they’d all be living together.
With repairs underway, the house gives up its dark secrets one by one. Before long, Iris unearths a chilling family history—and the terrifying reason she and Ellory were invited in the first place…
GENRE - Adult Psychological Thriller
PUBLISHER - MIRA / HarperCollins
RELEASE DATE - January 28, 2025
Garner’s engrossing latest succeeds thanks to some well-executed sleight of hand...toward an audacious final twist that recasts everything that came before it in a new light. This is stay-up-all-night reading.
— Publisher's Weekly
— Lindsay Cameron, author of No One Needs to Know
"Brilliantly plotted and pulsing with suspense, THE FAMILY INSIDE gripped me from the first page and kept me hooked until the last shocking twist. Atmospheric and eerie, fans of Ruth Ware will devour this tilt-a-whirl of a novel."
— Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Paris Widow
"Nothing is as it seems in Katie Garner's latest, THE FAMILY INSIDE, a psychological suspense with a dash of gothic horror. Garner gives us the goods: a claustrophobic old mansion filled with secret rooms, a hodgepodge family of eccentric, somewhat dodgy characters, and a dark and moody plot packed with surprises. A bingeable, five-star read."
— Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author
"THE FAMILY INSIDE is a wild, suspenseful, and unpredictable thriller. Part READY OR NOT and part KNIVES OUT, I was glued to the page and couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Katie Garner has written a compulsive page-turner."
— Maia Chance, author of The Body Next Door
"Katie Garner ropes you in with poignant characters and the simmering anxiety of family ties. Then she drops you into the creepiest gothic estate for an accelerating series of twists that will make you gasp."
— Allison Buccola, author of Catch Her When She Falls & The Ascent
"Set in a crumbling manor house and brimming with secrets, THE FAMILY INSIDE is irresistible Gothic suspense. An eerie, atmospheric mystery with twists around every dark corner.”
— Megan Collins, author of Cross My Heart & The Family Plot
"Creepy and atmospheric from the very first page, THE FAMILY INSIDE is a twist-a-minute thriller featuring one of the most suspicious and unsettling families you've ever read. Fans of Colleen Hoover and Jeneva Rose will devour this one."
— Nishita Parekh, nationally bestselling author of The Night of the Storm
"The Family Inside is a taut thriller that masterfully combines a creepy, atmospheric setting with the chilling secrets of a family shrouded in mystery. As their hidden agendas come to light, this page-turning narrative builds relentlessly towards a climax filled with jaw-dropping twists!"
— Jenna Satterthwaite, author of Made for You
"Garner's layered suspense, The Family Inside, brings as many chills as it does surprises. The dash of gothic horror was especially delicious—between the claustrophobic old mansion and the eccentric family that lives there, Garner creates a moody, darkly thrumming ambiance that readers won't be able to get enough of. Amidst the ever-twisting plot, the question Garner keeps coming back to is: What makes a family? Spoiler alert: it's blood... but not in the way you think.”