First published 2011
Sara Gallagher has built a good life at thirty-three. Her antique furniture restoration business thrives. She plans to marry a man she loves. One shadow remains from her past. She was adopted as a child and never knew her birth parents. Sara decides the time has come to find them. Her birth mother refuses contact when Sara reaches out. Then Sara learns the truth about her biological father. He is a serial killer who has murdered women every summer for nearly four decades. Sara works with her therapist Nadine to process this devastating news. She fears she may have inherited more than just his physical features. The situation grows worse when Sara realizes her father might discover her existence. Some family secrets carry deadly consequences.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller, adoption, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
410 pages · Hardcover · St Martins Press
Content warnings: murder, violence