Vervain Hollow out now in the US!

International bestselling author Catriona Silvey's newest novel, Vervain Hollow, is out now in all good bookshops across the US!

Praised by Library Journal as a "Sensitive yet poignant and speaks to the modern moment. This thoughtful and haunting novel is an excellent addition to the growing number of regional gothics." (Starred Review)

Ever since Vervain Hollow burned to the ground, Laura’s life has turned to ash.

All the neighbours think she’s crazy. She was in a cult, after all. And even after the fire, after they all – all except Vervain, of course – escaped with their lives, Laura still insists that everything she’d been led to believe is real. That magic exists. That Vervain, their strikingly handsome and magnetic leader, was more than simply human.

Now, three years later, Laura is trying to move on from that strange, fantastical, terrifying year, struggling to move through her trauma and the mysterious hold that Vervain had over her (that he still, somehow, has over her). But then Laura’s now estranged friend Aliyah calls with news: former acolyte Daniel has gone back to the Hollow, claiming to have received a message from Vervain. Daniel's last communication consisted of three frantic words:

He's still here.

As Laura and Aliyah venture back to the Hollow to find the truth, Laura finds herself reliving that first year. Can everything she remembers possibly be true?

And can she extricate herself from Vervain's influence, or will she finally claim the wonderful and terrifying power he promised her - at any cost?