Coming August 3, 2027
“Delicate Creatures is a put-everything-aside story about how a woman can be lost long before she disappears. Lush, fearless, and steeped in the rhythms of rural Appalachia, the novel marries the forward pull of a thriller with the aching depth of literary fiction. Shaped by a haunting mystery and a love story shadowed by regret, the breathtaking prose transports readers deep into Blue Hollow, a setting as dangerous and alive as those who inhabit it. Already beloved in the genre, Delicate Creatures earns Grant a place alongside Delia Owens and Liz Moore on the bookshelf of any literary thriller reader.”
—Sarah Crouch, USA Today bestselling author of Middletide and The Briars
BOOKS
People magazine's "Best New Books," November, 2021
An Indie Next pick for November, 2021
One of the "Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers for 2021"―Goodreads
One of the "Best New Books to Read" --New York Post
One of the "Best New Books of October 2021"--PopSugar.com
One of the "20 Fall and Winter Releases to Have on Your Radar"--Bookish.com
One of the "October Mysteries & Thrillers to Know"--Bookriot.com
Fall Mysteries and Thrillers We Can't Wait to Read (Amazon Editors' Picks)
Peek Ahead at the Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers for the Rest of the Year (Goodreads)
11 Mystery and Thriller Books We're Looking Forward to in the End of 2021 (Murder & Mayhem)
NEWS
"Grant’s evocative prose, nuanced characters, and undercurrent of quiet tension will appeal to a variety of readers."
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Library Journal
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“An exceptional novel, filled with vivid prose and surprising revelations of character.”
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"If you want suspense, atmospheric, a remote setting, and a character-driven narrative with an ending you’ll be thinking about long after finishing, this is absolutely your next read."
BookRiot
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"“[A] multilayered work of suspense...Grant anchors the novel with penetrating creativity and striking originality, augmented by enduringly memorable characters and precise, occasionally lyrical prose. At once heartbreaking and harrowing, redemptive and riveting.”
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"[An] evocative novel of suspense...Grant is a writer to watch."
Publisher's Weekly
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"Grant's lyrical writing and a deep understanding of her characters propel These Silent Woods…[an] emotional story that gains heart-pounding suspense when the outside world intrudes.”
Shelf Awareness
Ron Rash,
bestselling author of Serena
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
ABOUT
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Kimi Cunningham Grant is the USA Today bestselling author of the novels These Silent Woods, The Nature of Disappearing, and Fallen Mountains, as well as the memoir Silver Like Dust. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, and, in France, she won the and Prix Libr’à Nous and the Prix Découverte Polars Pourpres (2022). Before turning her attention to novels, Kimi wrote poems and nonfiction, and she is a two-time winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry and a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in creative nonfiction. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.