by Lisa Gardner
First published 2017
Thirteen-year-old Sharlah May Nash has built a new life with retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner Rainie Conner. Eight years have passed since her older brother Telly Ray killed their abusive father with a baseball bat to protect them both. Sharlah feels safe with her adoptive family, people who understand dangerous minds. Then a double murder rocks a local gas station in Oregon. Reports flood in of an armed shooter cutting through the wilderness. The evidence points to one terrifying conclusion: Telly Ray has returned and started killing again. Quincy and Rainie race to join the manhunt while Sharlah grapples with impossible questions. Her brother once saved her life, but now he threatens everything she loves. As the search intensifies, Sharlah must confront the truth about the person she thought she knew. The boy who protected her may destroy her new family.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Oregon
Period: 8 years
389 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: abuse, violence