First published 2024
Jessica, Norah, and Alicia grew up believing they were the lucky ones. After losing their families, Miss Fairchild took them in and raised them on her farming estate. Everyone called it a rescue, a second chance at happiness. The three sisters knew better. Miss Fairchild made rules that couldn't be broken. She watched their every move. Cross her once and face consequences that lasted for days. The girls learned to stay quiet, stay small, and dream of escape. Years later, they finally broke free and built separate lives far from the farm. They thought Miss Fairchild belonged to their past. Then construction workers find human remains buried beneath their old home. Police arrive with questions about the body, about Miss Fairchild, about what really happened on that isolated farm. The sisters must return to the place they fled and face memories they've spent years trying to forget. As investigators dig deeper, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia realize they're not just witnesses to a crime. They might be suspects. The bond that helped them survive their childhood now becomes their only hope of proving their innocence.
Genres: fiction, abuse, mystery, crime, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Fairchild Estate, Farm
Period: Present Day, Childhood
359 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: abuse, child-abuse, emotional-abuse, physical-abuse