First published 2025
Emma Palmer faces an impossible choice. Pregnant and with her husband out of work, she must return to the family house in Arden Hills. The same house where her parents were killed fourteen years ago. The same house she fled with her sisters Juliette and Daphne, never to return. Emma became the prime suspect back then, but she never revealed what she witnessed that terrible night. Now her presence threatens to expose secrets that have remained buried for over a decade. Her estranged sisters are pulled back into each other's lives. Old rivalries flare up while new bonds form. Emma finally begins asking the questions she avoided for years. What really happened the night their parents died? The deeper she digs, the more mysteries surface. Emma starts to question how far her siblings will go to keep the truth hidden. She wonders if she made the right choice staying silent about the whispered words that still echo in her memory.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Arden Hills
Period: 14 Years Ago
336 pages · Paperback · Flatiron Books
Content warnings: death, murder