Four intruders break into Mara’s secluded home.
By morning, none of them will be the same.
A secluded house.
A family already carrying old wounds.
And four men who should never have crossed the threshold.
When strangers arrive at Mara’s rural home, the house itself begins to change. Doors close. Time seems to stall. The air turns cold.
Her youngest child, Eli, mostly nonverbal and deeply sensitive to the world around him, sits quietly with his box of old keys, whispering words no one understands.
As fear tightens its grip, past and present begin to collide. Long-buried trauma surfaces. The lines between victim, witness, and accomplice start to blur.
This is not a fast thriller.
It’s a slow, unsettling descent.
Told with restrained, atmospheric prose, Locks and Keys explores memory, guilt, and the way harm echoes through spaces long after it’s been committed.
Perfect for readers of Iain Reid and Paul Tremblay.
