The Farmhouse

Chelsea Conradt

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Poisoned Pen Press
26 August 2025

Thriller & suspense; Horror & ghost stories; Fiction: special features

The House Across the Lake meets This Thing Between Us when what was supposed to be a fresh start for Emily and her husband takes a dark turn as the isolated farm they've moved to begins to reveal horrifying secrets...

Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in.

When Emily Hauk's mother dies, it's time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start- clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home.

They should have asked why the farm was for sale.

Three years ago, a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon after, the girl's mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs, the more stories she finds of women with a connection to her new home who've met their own dark ends.

The farmhouse was meant to be Emily's fresh start, but with each passing day, her sanctuary slips further away. The barn seems to move throughout her property, as though chasing her. Her mother's favorite music drifts across the corn. She swears she saw blood in one of the farmhand's trucks. And the screams that wake her are not foxes, no matter how many times her husband says otherwise.

Despite Josh's skepticism, Emily feels the darkness that has seeped into the soil of her farm. And if she wants to claim this place as her own, she'll have to find the truth before whatever watches from the cornfield takes her too.

By: Chelsea Conradt
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
ISBN: 9781464229169
ISBN 10: 1464229163
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 26 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Chelsea Conradt (she/her) writes twisty speculative thrillers. Her books are packed with both murder and kindness, because we can be more than one thing. When not writing stories that make you question what's real, she is likely watching a baking show or a true-crime documentary. She is nothing if not on brand. Chelsea lives in Texas with her husband, son, and two big dogs. For more details, please visit ChelseaConradt.com.

Reviews for The Farmhouse

""The Farmhouse twists together the threads of rustic dreams and pastoral nightmares, creating an atmospheric read that will haunt you long after the story is done. Conradt's thrilling debut is not to be missed."" --Lish McBride, author of Red in Tooth and Claw ""An unputdownable novel. Emily's quickening spiral into paranoia feels both terrifying and relatable, a woman's cry to be heard, to be acknowledged, while those she trusts the most attempt to placate her into silence. A smart, chilling, ferociously feminist thriller."" --Kristen Simmons, Bram Stoker Award Nominee ""Conradt constructs a slowly escalating domestic narrative so claustrophobic that the reader will gasp for the openness of a rolling cornfield... and then immediately realize the cornfield might also be out to get them."" --Molly Harper, USA Today Bestseller