{"product_id":"9781035069422","title":"The Hill in the Dark Grove","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Higginson, Liam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 8 January 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e143 x 226 x 31 | 408g\u003cp\u003e'Eerie. Dangerous. I loved it' - Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground'Evocative, tender, terrifying . . . Superb' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies'Powerful, inventive and gripping to the very end' - Ian McGuire, author of The North Water'A hypnotic tale of twisted folklore that won’t let go' - Scott Preston, author of The Borrowed HillsMoving and chilling, The Hill in the Dark Grove is a story about a lost way of life and the terrifying lengths we go to to protect what we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarwyn and Rhian – the last in a long line of sheep farmers – are living out a brutal year on their hillside farm, deep in the mountains of North Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Carwyn discovers a buried prehistoric ruin in one of the fields on their land, his curiosity quickly descends into obsession. His wife, Rhian, meanwhile, is confronted with the growing realization that the man with whom she shares her life and home is becoming a frightening stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the harsh winter closes in, Rhian finds herself alone with her increasingly unrecognizable husband, and the mountains, and the looming megalithic stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Vibrates with unease' - Anthony Shapland, author of A Room Above a Shop\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Higginson, Liam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470347923640,"sku":"9781035069422","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781035069422.jpg?v=1768299687","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781035069422","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}