The Woman in the Cabin

An absolutely addictive and unputdownable psychological thriller perfect for Halloween 2026!

Becca Day

• Publisher: Embla Books
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9781471413834
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature

'Not really slept for two nights trying to finish this book. It's terrifying. It's absolutely terrifying. I've never read a book where I'm so scared for a character and frustrated. The whole thing is a masterpiece.' Reader reviewer, 5 stars

You're not the first. Will you be the last?

Every day, in a remote cabin hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish Highlands, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch. She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home from work.

She puts on his favourite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same.

Mary is the perfect wife and like any good wife she knows her job is to keep her husband happy.

But lately as she notices her first wrinkles appear, she can sense Cal change. A scowl at dinner not being ready on time, a too tight grip as he leads her to the bedroom tells her he's noticed too. And old memories are coming back too, of her life before the cabin...

Then she finds a stack of letters hidden under the floorboards detailing a life eerily similar to her own. They're addressed to her: 'To the next woman.'

If she's not the first to play the role of Cal's perfect wife, what happened to the woman in the cabin before her? And how long does she have until she is next?

The brand-new thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl Beyond the Gate. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, K. L. Slater and Dandy Smith.

Readers LOVE The Woman in the Cabin!

'Oh my gosh! That was one helluva ride! My emotions are all over the place. I can't remember the last time a story had me gripped like this one' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'Had my heart beating out of my chest. This is the stuff of nightmares!... a great book: psychological thriller at its best.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'This book took me on an insane emotional roller coaster!!! It was so good!! Hard to put down!!' Reader review, 5 stars

'Loved loved LOVED this novel. Spent many days walking around sleep deprived as I had read 1....3 more chapters than I anticipated to find out what happened next' Reader review, 5 stars

'One of those books that has you second guessing EVERYTHING and I LOVED IT. Becca Day you have done it again' Reader review, 5 stars

'Will keep you up all night... loved everything about this... found myself completely unable to put it down for any reason... Right when I thought that they're couldn't be anything else to shock me I was thrown a curve ball that completely shifted the entire narrative of the story. The ending I think had to be the best part.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'Wow... an intense dark thriller that had me hooked from the first page. I couldn't stop reading as I wanted to find out more that I read it until the small hours of the morning.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'One of my most favorite books I have ever read - absolutely wonderful read. So many twists and turns - could not put it down. Thrilling and chilling. Cant recommend enough. excellent.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'Found myself anxious throughout this entire read... had my blood boiling... a fast paced, popcorn thriller.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

'One of the most haunting thrillers you'll read... cancel your plans and prepare to fly through the pages to the stunning end. A brilliant read' Graham Bartlett

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Also by Becca Day
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Prologue: Gemma
• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three
• Acknowledgements
• The Girl Beyond the Gate
• All Her Little Lies
• The Secrets We Buried
• About the Author
• About Embla Books