First published 2020
Elderly widow Vesta Gul stumbles upon a handwritten note in the woods near her home. "Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her." Vesta becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth, her quiet life upended by this unsettling discovery. As she investigates, Vesta's own grip on reality begins to fray, and she must confront the darkness lurking in her small town—and within herself.
Genres: literary-fiction, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Small Town
Period: Contemporary
272 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books
Content warnings: death, mental-illness