by Tami Hoag
First published 2015
Dana Nolan barely survived when a serial killer targeted her during her promising television reporting career. Nearly twelve months later, she carries deep physical and emotional wounds. Post-traumatic stress disorder brings relentless flashbacks and nightmares that mirror the darkness she escaped. Dana travels back to her hometown, hoping to rebuild her shattered life. Her return stirs unwanted attention from police and reporters who remember another tragedy. Her childhood best friend Casey Grant vanished without explanation the summer after high school graduation. The case never closed. Dana fears the buried secrets this renewed investigation might uncover. Her trauma-altered perspective transforms familiar faces into potential threats. Old friends become suspects. Loved ones appear as enemies. Dana questions every relationship and memory she once trusted. She fights against overwhelming psychological damage while pursuing answers about Casey's disappearance. The truth she uncovers may be more devastating than the violence she already endured.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Hometown
Period: Nearly Twelve Months Later
389 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness, violence