Selected as an August Indie Next Pick, a Summer 2017 B&N Discover pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and a Summer/Fall Indies Introduce Selection

Named a must-read summer book by Entertainment Weekly, Refinery29, Redbook, NY Post, and Elle magazine

Schmidt was named a Publishers Weekly Writer to Watch for Fall 2017, and one of BookPage's Six Brightest New Names in Fiction

Received four starred pre-pub reviews

Film rights sold to House Productions, co-founded by Tessa Ross, executive producer of Carol, Room, 12 Years a Slave, and other notable films

Stephen King meets Lily King in this suspenseful thriller and historical reimagining; for readers of The Girls, Burial Rites, The Heretic's Daughter

Schmidt worked on this novel for ten years; she twice visited the Borden house (which is now a B&B) for research (even sleeping in Lizzie's room)