Satellite Image
Michelle Berry
October 22, 2024
266 PAGES | ISBN 978-1-998408-04-7
The night before they move from the bustling, expensive rat race of the city to a sleepy, innocent, affordable small town two hours away, Ginny and Matt decide to look up their new home on a satellite image website. When they see what appears to be a body lying in their new backyard everything changes and an uneasy chain of events is set into motion. Little do they know they have bought a house with a baffling history and life in their new town is not all it’s meant to be. Odd neighbourhood dinner parties and a creepy ravine just out their back door have Ginny and Matt quickly questioning their move. Michelle Berry is the master of literary page-turners with unexpected endings, and Satellite Image is sure to be delight new readers and long-time fans alike.
Advance Praise
“Michelle Berry has crafted a super-creepy, anxiety-filled tale that will dash any urbanite's fantasy of escaping to the tranquil countryside.” – Elyse Friedman, author of The Opportunist and The Answer to Everything
Reviews
Satellite Image by Michelle Berry (Jerry Levy, Ottawa Review of Books, 14/10/2024)
"Satellite Image is a true page-turner, one that keeps readers guessing and on edge throughout. Overall, a remarkable and compelling read."
Welcome to the chaos machine – Bibliofiles August 2024 (Peter Darbyshire, Peter Darbyshire, August 2024)
"A psychological thriller that cranks up the tension with each chapter. You’ll be checking the locks over and over on your own home during your sleepless nights after finishing this book."
Interviews
Looking Under the Hood: A Conversation on the Writing Life with Michelle Berry and Peter Darbyshire (River Street Writing, 10/10/2024)
Michelle and Peter Darbyshire have a refreshingly real conversation about their writing processes and the writing life.
Articles
Read an Excerpt from Satellite Image, the New Novel from Michelle Berry (Michelle Berry, Open Book, 11/11/2024)
Michelle shares an excerpt from her novel.
Shelf Talkers: November 2024 (Robert J. Wiersema, 49th Shelf, 08/11/2024)
Wonderful to see Satellite Image on this roundup from booksellers.
A Very Off/Kilter Hallowe’en (All Lit Up, 31/10/2024)
It's wonderful to see Michelle Berry's Satellite Image in this great mix of spooky books.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #37 (Michelle Berry, the Miramichi Reader, 25/10/2024)
"I had this image in my head of a body seen from the sky lying in the backyard of a typical suburban home. How many murders or crimes, I thought, have been unknowingly caught on satellite images? I went to my computer and began to creep."
Unputdownable Canadian Mysteries and Thrillers (Michelle Berry, Wolsak & Wynn blog, 15/10/2024)
A fabulous blog post from Michelle Berry up at the site talking about the mysteries she can't stop thinking about!
Local fiction to read this fall (Alex Karn, Peterborough Currents, 18/10/2024)
Michelle's book is highlighted in this roundup of local authors.
Tim and Janet's Favourite Fall Books (Tim and Janet, Wolsak & Wynn, 09/09/2024)
Michelle's new novel is included in this great roudup.
Most Anticipated: Our Fall Fiction Preview (49th Shelf, 19/07/2024)
Lovely to see Michelle Berry's Satellite Image on this great list of Fall titles to watch for from the 49th Shelf.
Excerpt
Click here to read an excerpt from Satellite Image.
About the Author
Michelle Berry is the author of seven novels and three books of short stories. Her books have been shortlisted, longlisted and won awards. Her writing has been optioned for film several times and she has been published in the UK. Berry was a reviewer for the Globe and Mail for many years. She teaches at the University of Toronto in the Continuing Education department and has also taught at Toronto Metropolitan University, Humber College and Trent University. She has been on the board of PEN Canada and the Writers’ Union of Canada and on the Authors’ Advisory Group of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. For five years Berry owned and operated her own independent bookstore in Peterborough, Ontario, called Hunter Street Books.
Other titles by this Author
Everything Turns Away (2021)
