The Wilderwomen

Two supernatural sisters uncover their curious past while searching for their missing mother in this moody outing from Lang (Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance). When enigmatic Nora Wilder vanished in the middle of the night before the start of the book, she abandoned her two young daughters. Five years later, young adult Zadie navigates life on her own, while her little sister, Finn, lives with a foster family. Though they’ve drifted apart, the sisters are bonded by secrets only they know: Zadie is a psychic, and Finn can enter other people’s memories. When Zadie receives a strange premonition on the same day that Finn stumbles into Nora’s memory for the first time, the sisters embark on a quest to retrace their mother’s footsteps in hopes of finding her. But the path to locating Nora is more winding than either anticipate, with clues leading them from Texas to Washington, and each increasingly haunting memory they uncover leads to more questions than answers about their mother’s mysterious past. Lang’s melancholy, atmospheric writing sets the perfect tone as the Wilder sisters unravel the mystery. The result is a cozy supernatural outing perfect for an autumn night. (Nov.)