The Hounding

An Indie Next Pick One of the Los Angeles Times's Must-Read Books of Summer 2025 One of Harper's Bazaar's Best Beach Reads to Keep You Occupied All Summer Long Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by NPR, Time, LitHub, Paste, and PopVerseLittle Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing before. The truth is that though the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls, they've always had plenty to say about them. As the rotating perspectives of five villagers make clear, now is no exception. Even if local belief in witchcraft is waning, these conflicting narratives all point to the same conclusion: Something isn't right in Little Nettlebed, and the sisters will be the ones to pay for it.