"Haunting, fast-paced, and unforgettable." - Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"A lush, moody mystery. Darkrooms is gripping and atmospheric, as two women wrestle with guilt and injustice." - Flynn Berry, New York Times Bestselling Author of Northern Spy
"Darkrooms is an intricate, twisted thriller where secrets can't stay buried--and will forever haunt a small Irish town and its inhabitants. Moody and evocative, it's a dark, layered tale and a powerful debut." - Clémence Michallon, internationally bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant
"A creepy, imaginative, and moody thriller that explores the rippling effects of a young girl's disappearance in the woods near a small Irish village. A chilling mystery about damaged people and the secrets they keep." - Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Kill Your Darlings
"In this complex and riveting debut, Hannigan brings an almost unbearable angst and growing sense of menace in a narrative that goes back and forth in time in alternating voices. Recommend to fans of Tana French." - Booklist
"The plot's slow burn heats up at just the right pace, and the twists excite without straining plausibility. Readers will look forward to Hannigan's next outing." - Publishers Weekly
"Equal parts engrossing character study and moody thriller....This brooding, atmospheric suspense novel explores the grim underbelly of a small Irish town; perfect for fans of Tana French and Liz Nugent." - Library Journal
"Darkrooms is a powerful firecracker of a debut. It's an unflinching and brutal thriller, but a rare, bleeding and cadenced feminist story lurks just beneath. It is, in a single word, astonishing." - Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
"I adored this simmering, tense novel. Both gripping and propulsive, yet somehow still slow burning and intensely atmospheric, it is as disorientating as a double exposure, with layers of shifting timelines, viewpoints, secrets, memories. Haunting and brilliant." - Emma Van Straaten, author of Creep
"A pitch-black witch's brew of small-town secrets and shadows. Hannigan's beguiling debut offers the reader so much more than merely a superbly-crafted mystery; it is an elegy to childhood trauma, beckoning us deeper and deeper into her Hanging Woods with every step, every whispered lie." - Nicolás Obregón, author of the The Sugar Man
"Elegant, unsettling and evocative, Darkrooms is a simmering literary thriller that got under my skin. A haunting exploration of the ties that bind us to the past, and the danger of secrets long buried - I loved it. The last chapter made me cry." - Nicci Cloke, author of Her Many Faces
"This is a perfectly executed and exquisitely layered piece of literary crime fiction with two relatable and flawed protagonists. I was completely absorbed into this accomplished debut." - Chris Bridges, author of Sick to Death
"A masterful, menacing debut, which neither flinches from its own integral darkness nor succumbs to it. Rebecca Hannigan is a powerful new voice in literary thriller fiction." - Anna Bailey, author of Tall Bones
"Beautifully written and as claustrophobic as being locked in a cupboard under the stairs, brilliantly illustrating the damage that can be done by being brought up in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong families." - Trevor Wood, author of The Inside Man

Publisher: William Morrow & Company

Pub date: 2026-01-13

Length: 352 pages