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BROKEN COUNTRY
Clare Leslie Hall
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BROKEN COUNTRY

by Clare Leslie Hall

Simon & Schuster · 2025

Peak rank

#3

Weeks on list

26

Debuted

March 2025

Chart History

#1510152025
dashed = off the list

26 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #3

Over 1 Million Copies Sold A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.” —Reese Witherspoon “Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. “The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.” Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become. A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

All Appearances

6↓3April 6, 2025wk 3
6↓1May 4, 2025wk 7
7↓1May 11, 2025wk 8
10↓3May 18, 2025wk 9
13↓3May 25, 2025wk 10
13NEWJune 8, 2025wk 11
13June 15, 2025wk 12

Details

ISBN-13
9781668078204
ISBN-10
1668078201
Published
2025
Pages
320
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Categories
Fiction

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