First published 2024
Hazel Sharp never planned to return to Mirror Lake. The daughter of the town's longtime detective left nearly ten years ago and built a new life elsewhere. Then she inherits her childhood home and finds herself reluctantly drawn back to familiar faces and old wounds. Mirror Lake itself has changed. A severe drought grips the region, and the receding waters expose things that were meant to stay hidden. Among the revealed remnants lies evidence connected to the mystery that has haunted Hazel since childhood: her mother's disappearance. As the lake shrinks further, Hazel must navigate the town she abandoned and confront the people she left behind. The drought that devastates the community also offers an unexpected opportunity. For the first time, she might finally learn what happened to her mother. But some secrets surface for a reason, and the truth about her family may be more complicated than Hazel ever imagined.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: second-chance, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mirror Lake
368 pages · Hardcover · Scribner