Author: Yun, Jihyun

Crime & mystery fiction (Children’s / Teenage)

Published on 9 October 2025 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 400 pages
196 x 130 x 35 | 350g

And the River Drags Her Downis a haunting, lyrical tale of grief, sisterhood and revenge that blends Gothic horror, mystery and Korean folklore, perfect forfans ofShe Is a Haunting,House of Hollow and CG Drews.

‘Thisunsettling,poeticYA horror isfull of fury, grief, love and hard-won acceptance.’GuardianSoojin has always known the rules – never bring back anything larger than her palm from the dead, but that was before Mirae died.

Sister,I hear you. I feel your hands in the dirt, beckoning. I will answer your call I’ll return.

When herolder sister is found drowned in the river that cuts through their small, sleepy town, Soojin is beside herself with grief. Disregarding every rule, she uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters delight in their reunion, but Mirae soon grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry…

As the town is rocked by a series of harrowing, unusual deaths, Soojin fears the sister she brought back to life isn’t the one she knew.