First published 2016
Claire lives as the trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire, while her sister Lydia struggles as a single mother dating an ex-convict. The two women haven't spoken in over twenty years, not since their teenage sister Julia disappeared without explanation. Their fractured relationship seemed permanent until Claire's husband is murdered. His death forces the sisters into an uneasy alliance as they search for answers. What they discover connects his killing to Julia's vanishing decades earlier. The investigation pulls them deeper into family secrets that destroyed their bond long ago. Claire and Lydia must navigate their mutual distrust while uncovering a truth that threatens to shatter what little stability remains in their lives. Their quest becomes both a search for justice and a reckoning with the trauma that drove them apart.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, family-drama, fractured-relationships, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Atlanta
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
575 pages · Mass Market Paperback · William Morrow
Content warnings: death, murder, violence