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FEW ENTER THE GARDEN. NO ONE TRULY ESCAPES.

1978. For over twenty years, Mrs. Medlock has guarded the secrets of Marwood Manor – secrets that poisoned the atmosphere of the house and irrevocably altered its inhabitants.

One of the few remaining servants, she remains to protects a dying aristocratic order, caring for the Lord and Lady’s reclusive young son.

Until Mary, a distant relative, arrives seeking refuge and determined to uncover the manor’s sinister past. As Mary’s curiosity draws her ever closer to the truth, the insidious rot spreads – and a deadly history threatens to overwhelm them all.

Publisher Review

Macabre and frightening, S. G. Hartnell’s shocking retelling of the children’s classic The Secret Garden will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page until the last — PAULA HAWKINS With its haunting ambience and psychological tension, Medlock offers a chilling exploration of hidden truths and the darkness lurking within * Women’s Way * If you grew up on The Secret Garden, park your nostalgia and prepare for a seriously hair-raising revisit. Twisted, exhilarating and very, very creepy, Medlock is a triumph. I raced through it — LOUISE CANDLISH Want to scare yourself silly this Halloween? This Gothic reimagining of The Secret Garden will send shivers down your spine * Good Housekeeping * S. G. Hartnell’s update of The Secret Garden brings a stylish contemporary twist to a much-loved classic. A thoughtful and engaging read — JOHN BOYNE The Secret Garden but not as you know it. Sinister, mysterious, twisty and pulling out all the Gothic stops, this had me hooked from the start to the unexpected and terrifying end — CARLY REAGON A deliciously dark, Gothic mystery. Kept me up beyond my bedtime! — JANE CORRY This bold reimagining of The Secret Garden is a darkly perfect slice of contemporary gothic. It takes the bones of a classic and rebuilds them into something entirely wild and horrifying and new, tightening the screws on the reader at every turn. I can’t wait to see what S. G. Hartnell’s imagination conjures next . . . — ALEX HAY I LOVED this book. Once I started, I simply could not stop. Such a clever reimagining, and so beautifully written. It was tense, evocative, moody and shocking — LOUISE SWANSON A gothic reimagining of The Secret Garden to keep you reading well into the night and awake well beyond that – dark, scary and unexpected — CATHERINE COOPER A beautifully written tale of good and evil. Restless, relatable and utterly absorbing. Just make sure you read it with all the lights on — MARION TODD A spine-chilling, nerve-jangling web of secrets and illusions. S.G. Hartnell’s Medlock is a thing of beauty, draped in darkness. Breathtaking — HELEN FIELDS A dark, sinister, cleverly constructed tale, disturbingly gripping and not for the faint hearted. Hartnell is a shining new talent in the Gothic horror genre — A. A. CHAUDHURI