by Lori Roy
First published 2018
Lane Fielding swore she would never come back to her isolated Florida hometown. Twenty years after fleeing for New York City, she finds herself divorced, tending bar at a local dive, and living on the historic Fielding Plantation with her parents and two daughters. The townspeople still shun her because of her father's crimes as former director of a notorious boys' school. Lane maintains an uneasy peace with the community until her older daughter disappears. Ten days earlier, a college student also went missing, sparking fears that a serial killer has returned to prey on the town. When Lane's younger daughter reveals she has made a troubling new friend, Lane realizes her daughter's disappearance might be revenge for her father's past actions or her own secrets. With reporters arriving, police searching the swamps, and enemies closing in, Lane races against time to uncover the truth and bring her daughter home safely.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Florida, New York City
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
530 pages · Library Binding · Wheeler Publishing Large Print