by Harlan Coben
First published 2014
Detective Kat Donovan scrolls through profiles on a dating website when a photograph stops her cold. The face staring back belongs to Jeff, her former fiancé who disappeared eighteen years ago without explanation. The sight triggers a flood of buried emotions and rekindled hope for the relationship that once defined her life. Kat reaches out through the dating platform, but her excitement quickly transforms into dread. The profile leads her into a web of deception involving predators who target vulnerable people through online connections. Bodies begin accumulating as Kat pursues the truth about Jeff's reappearance. Her investigation forces her to reexamine not only her feelings for her lost love but also long-held beliefs about her family. The case connects to her father's unsolved murder from years past, a crime that has haunted her throughout her career. Kat must navigate deeper into dangerous territory than any previous case has taken her. The stakes climb higher as her own life comes under threat while she searches for answers about the people she trusted most.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation, second-chance-romance, unreliable-narrator
Period: 18 Years Ago
399 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: murder, violence