The novel is structured through three interweaving threads that eventually converge:
(originally titled The Overnight Guest ) is a psychological thriller by Heather Gudenkauf that weaves together three distinct timelines and narratives set in rural Iowa. Core Plot Summary
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The story follows , a true-crime writer who retreats to an isolated farmhouse in Burden, Iowa, during a brutal winter storm to finish her latest book. The house she has rented is infamous: decades earlier, a double murder occurred there, and a young girl vanished without a trace.
As a blizzard traps Wylie inside, she discovers a small, nearly frozen child in the snow outside her door. Bringing the child inside for safety, she soon realizes they are not as alone as she thought, and her own traumatic past begins to collide with the house’s dark history. The Three Narratives
