02644cam a2200337 i 4500 1164920726 TxAuBib 20220103120000.0 210331s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021012842 9781982164805 hardcover 1982164808 hardcover (OCoLC)1236259248 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF MLSOD YXF HBP IH9 HT# TCH JTH UOK TxAuBib rda Ernshaw, Shea, author. A history of wild places : a novel / Shea Ernshaw. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2021. 354 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep weaves a richly atmospheric adult debut following three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune as they investigate the disappearances of two outsiders. Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James--a well-known author of dark, macabre children's books--he's led to a place many believed to be only a legend. Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn't exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it...he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James. Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis's abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there's a risk of bringing a disease--rot--into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn't as safe as they believed--and that darkness takes many forms. Hauntingly beautiful, hypnotic, and bewitching, A History of Wild Places is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind"-- Provided by publisher. 20220103. Communal living Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Suspense fiction. Psychological fiction. TXKIP