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Where He Left Me

A Novel

About The Book

From Nicole Baart, the bestselling author of Everything We Didn’t Say, comes a twisty, atmospheric suspense novel about a newlywed whose husband disappears, leaving her isolated in Washington’s North Cascades.

“In every world, I’d find you.”

Sadie Sheridan’s new husband Felix, a professor of planetary sciences, has vowed to never leave her. But when Felix departs on a work trip and disappears, Sadie is stranded at Hemlock House, a remote mountain homestead and the site of their sabbatical for the past several months. First doubts creep into Sadie’s heart. Then panic. Where is he?

Scared and alone in a place that feels haunted, English professor Sadie struggles to make sense of what her missing husband left behind. But when she discovers mysterious strangers lurking around the property as a powerful storm bears down, Hemlock House instantly becomes both a sanctuary and a prison. Navigating threats from outside and in, Sadie is forced to confront shocking secrets and question if she really knows Felix at all. Then she must decide: is she fighting only for her own survival now—or for the man who promised her the stars?

Riveting, and filled with dark menace and the danger of the wild, Where He Left Me is at once heartfelt and heart-pounding, from an author who “writes with a poet’s eye for language and a storyteller’s gift for suspense” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author).

About The Author

Photograph by Aaron Baart

Nicole Baart is the author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family. Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Atria Books (November 4, 2025)
  • Length: 384 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781668066188

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“Baart is at her finest in this heart-racing, cold-plunge of a novel that earns its place among the top thrillers of the year! With a plot as winding as a mountain road, and prose that sweeps you around every curve, Where He Left Me pulls back the curtain on the haunting beauty of the Cascades, and the deadly secrets they hold.” --Sarah Crouch, USA TODAY bestselling author of Middletide

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