First published 2010
Lisa Grant returns to her Kentucky hometown to care for her sick mother and takes a job reviewing cold cases for District Attorney Scott Buchanan. While sorting through decades-old files, Lisa discovers a case that stops her cold. Twenty-eight years ago, an entire family vanished without a trace. The mother in the photograph looks exactly like Lisa did at that age. If this missing family connects to her past, everything Lisa believes about herself is false. If someone created this resemblance deliberately, they committed murder to protect their secret. As Lisa and Scott dig deeper into the mystery, they uncover a web of lies that reaches into the present. The person who destroyed Lisa's original life still watches from the shadows. They eliminated witnesses before, and they will kill again to keep their secrets buried. Lisa must discover her true identity before her investigation makes her the next victim.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Kentucky
Period: 28 Years Ago
388 pages · Hardcover · Putnam