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You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews

You Did Nothing Wrong

A Novel

by CG Drews

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  • Mar 2026, 304 pages
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Domestic suspense meets haunted house horror in this adult debut from the New York Times bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In.

The walls are closing in on her perfect new life.

Single mother Elodie's life has become a fairy tale. She's met Bren, equal parts Golden-retriever-devoted and sinfully handsome. He's whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he's renovating. She has a new husband, a new house, and a new baby on the way. Everything is perfect.

Until Jude claims he can hear voices in the walls. He says their renovations are "hurting" the house. Even Elodie can't ignore it―something strange is going on.

The question is, Is it with the house, or with her son?

And what is Elodie hiding?

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"Visceral, haunting, and blisteringly raw, You Did Nothing Wrong is a masterpiece of a gothic thriller with a keen smile and jagged teeth." ―Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

"In this haunted house book where nothing is as it seems, CG Drews balances unflinchingly disturbing horror with deeply empathetic characterizations. I read the first two twisty acts in a blur, and the climactic final third through my fingers, gripped more and more with every unraveling page." ―Jennifer Thorne, bestselling author of Diavola

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Janine_S

Creepy psychological thriller
This is definitely a horror/ psychological thriller that is creepy, suspenseful, and crazily confusing with all its twists and turns - especially the ending. Eloide is a young mother expecting her second child. She's found the man of her dreams and is living the good life she feels she's always deserved. Her husband, Brendan or Bren, is renovating an old home he inherited and which the couple has moved into. Jude, Eloide's son, is a handful and he's saying the house is haunted. Eloide is an unreliable narrator and a really weird woman. She's found hot on my nerves but I can understand why the author made her so vile - she is. I want to thank NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this ARC.

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CG Drews

CG Drews is the New York Times-bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In, Hazelthorn, A Thousand Perfect Notes, and The Boy Who Steals Houses. CG's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and won the 2020 CBCA Honour Award. Currently living in Australia, CG never sleeps, and is forever buried under a pile of unread books.

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