See the Cover of Kat Rosenfield’s ‘How to Survive in the Woods’ (Exclusive)
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NEED TO KNOW
- Kat Rosenfield has a new thriller on the way
- PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the cover of the author’s latest novel, How to Survive in the Woods
- “If you’ve always thought Basic Instinct would have been better with bears — and honestly, who hasn’t — I wrote [this book] just for you,” Rosenfield tells PEOPLE
A trip to the woods takes a dark turn in Kat Rosenfield’s latest book.
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of the author’s forthcoming novel, How to Survive in the Woods, out next year from Harper Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
The novel follows Emma Sharp, who’s spent her life trying to make the best of what she’s been given. Raised by a doomsday prepper, and now navigating a marriage with a controlling man named Logan, Emma realizes that her current life isn’t what she hoped.
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When Emma meets Logan’s ex-girlfriend, however, the two women form a strong bond — so much so that Logan’s ex wants to help Emma make a new life for herself elsewhere. In turn, the women plot a trip to the Hundred Mile Wilderness, a stretch of the Appalachian Trail, where bad things are known to happen.
But when the trio arrives in the forest, Emma realizes that there are secrets among the group — and someone out in the forest may be watching them, as well.
Harper Books calls the novel “a heart-stopping knockout of a novel, by turns smart, psychologically rich and deliciously dark — and Rosenfield agrees that it’s full of surprises.
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“I’m so excited to share this story with the world, because it’s a combination of my three favorite things: twisty Hitchcockian mysteries, wilderness survival narratives and those early 1990s sexy thrillers where you just can’t decide if you want the girl to marry the guy, or stab him to death or marry him and then stab him to death,” the author explains.
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Rosenfield, also the author of books like 2021’s No One Will Miss Her, teases that the novel is perfect for thriller fans craving something more.
“If you’ve always thought Basic Instinct would have been better with bears — and honestly, who hasn’t — I wrote How to Survive in the Woods just for you,” the author adds.
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How to Survive in the Woods will be published on March 10, 2026 and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold.
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