First published 2011
Clare Fern can touch an object and see what it witnessed. Stolen glances, buried lies, moments no one else remembers. It is useful, and it costs her. When a teenage girl turns up murdered in Clare's coastal town, her ex-boyfriend, a cop, asks for her help. Clare would rather not. He cheated on her, and she has not forgotten. Then the investigation turns toward her brother Perry, who carries his own supernatural abilities and now sits at the center of a murder case. Clare cannot walk away from that. She starts working alongside Gabriel, the new detective's son, who is sharp and hard to ignore. Together they dig into the victim's world, pulling at threads of jealousy, revenge, and want. Clare uses her psychometric gift to chase the truth, touching objects connected to the dead girl and watching the visions unfold. But the closer she gets, the more she wonders whether her sight will hold when the answer finally comes into reach. The emotional core is this: Clare is trying to save her brother while figuring out who she trusts, and those two problems keep colliding.
Genres: romance, mystery, supernatural, contemporary, thriller, young-adult
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, introspective, suspenseful
Tropes: ex-lovers-reunited, investigation-mystery, protective-sibling, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Coastal town
Period: Contemporary
246 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Point
Content warnings: death, murder