Books like Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon

After college, Henry, Tess, Winnie and Suz form the Compassionate Dismantlers, a group that takes V‑themed pranks to extremes. In a remote Vermont cabin they spend a summer dismantling objects—and each other’s secrets. One experiment ends in Suz’s death and the group buries the truth. A decade later, Henry and Tess, residing near the cabin, confront their haunting past when a former prank victim commits suicide, supposedly triggered by a mysterious Dismantler‑style postcard. The event unleashes a series of eerie incidents that threaten their lives and that of Tess’s nine‑year‑old daughter, Emma. Now, the friends must face whether Suz’s death was real, or if she has returned to seek vengeance. McMahon’s tense narrative blends supernatural dread with the stark realities of guilt, friendship, and family, portraying characters deeply human yet pushed into circumstances beyond their control.

First publish date: 2009