First published 2026
Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie feels nothing but relief when Will Ashford dies. The whole town mourns their golden boy, but Mackenzie knows the truth about what happened at the Ashford house that night. She swore to keep that secret buried forever. Then the anonymous texts start arriving. Someone else knows what Mackenzie witnessed, and they want the truth exposed. When her former best friend turns up dead, Mackenzie realizes the mysterious texter might be connected to the murder. She must hunt down this anonymous threat before she becomes the next victim. But finding the killer means dragging her own trauma back into the light and revealing the dark truths her small town desperately wants to keep hidden. Mackenzie faces an impossible choice between her safety and justice for her dead friend.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, young-adult, psychological-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful, tension-filled
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, dark-secrets, mystery-unraveling, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Ashford house, small town
318 pages · Paperback · Sourcebooks Fire
Content warnings: abuse, death, murder