First published 2016
Magnolia Steele thought her days of running were over. The former Broadway actress has returned to Franklin, Tennessee, after her New York career ended in public disgrace. Now she faces the ghosts that drove her away in the first place. Her father vanished when she was a teenager, leaving for a business meeting and never returning home. The townspeople whisper that he fled with a client's wife and stolen money, but Magnolia suspects something darker happened. She begins reaching out to her father's old associates, hoping to find answers. When the first man she arranges to meet turns up murdered, Magnolia realizes she has stumbled into a deadly conspiracy. Someone killed to silence him, and her father's disappearance connects to crimes that continue today. The investigation puts everyone around her under suspicion. She cannot trust her mother, her new friends, or even the detective pursuing her romantically. After years of fleeing from her past, Magnolia must decide whether to run again or finally stand and fight for the truth.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Franklin, Tennessee, New York
Period: contemporary
431 pages · Paperback · Createspace