Ainslie Hogarth

About Ainslie Hogarth

Strange Harm: From the author of Motherthing—When a teenage girl disappears from a supposedly haunted wood, everyone has a theory. Their stories are strange, but the truth is even stranger. When Janie Yearling disappears from the small town of Gold River, her parents, Calvin and Annette, immediately make the primetime rounds, pleading for her safe return on every talk show and network news program that will have them. Annette becomes a bona fide star; her exquisite poise in the face of such pain is a marvel.

Upcoming Titles

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  Strange Harm March 2, 2027

  From the author of Motherthing—When a teenage girl disappears from a supposedly haunted wood, everyone has a theory. Their stories are strange, but the truth is even stranger. When Janie Yearling disappears from the small town of Gold River, her parents, Calvin and Annette, immediately make the primetime rounds, pleading for her safe return on every talk show and network news program that will have them. Annette becomes a bona fide star; her exquisite poise in the face of such pain is a marvel.

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Earlier Books

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  Normal Women October 10, 2023

  In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled in danger when her friend, a controversial entrepreneur, goes missing. When her daughter Lotte was born, Dani had welcomed the chance to be a stay-at-home mother. To be good at something, for once. But now Dani can’t stop thinking about her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, dropping dead. Not because she hates him (not right now, anyway) but because it’s become abundantly clear to Dani that if he dies, she and Lotte will be left destitute. And then Dani discovers The Temple.

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  Motherthing September 27, 2022

  When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become parents themselves. Abby just has so much love to give—to Ralph, to Laura, and to Mrs. Bondy, her favorite resident at the long-term care home where she works. But Laura isn’t interested in bonding with her daughter-in-law. She’s venomous and cruel, especially to Abby, and life with her is hellish.

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  The Boy Meets Girl Massacre September 8, 2015

  The book you hold in your hands is a copy of Noelle Dixon’s diary—a record of her tenure working at the infamous Boy Meets Girl Inn, including the harrowing final days which led to what’s now known as the Boy Meets Girl Massacre. Six teenagers, drawn to the inn to conjure the most malevolent of its alleged spirits, were slaughtered with a pickaxe. Noelle among the victims, but also, because of what she revealed here in her diary, the only potential suspect. Does this book contain the ramblings of a sick young woman? Or is it real evidence of a genuine spiritual possession?

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  Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated) 2015 View on Amazon: Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated)
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  The Lonely September 8, 2014 View on Amazon: The Lonely

New Editions

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  Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated) First published 2015 · New edition out April 27, 2027 View on Amazon: Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated)

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• Cardinal Rule by Liz Tomforde · Mar 2, 2027
• Joyfully Ever After by Sara Raasch · Mar 2, 2027
• None of This Is Real by Sara Walters · Mar 2, 2027
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• The Last Days of Vic & Coco by Taylor Jenkins Reid · Mar 2, 2027
• Through the Gathering Storm by Catherine Cowles · Mar 2, 2027

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