First published 2016
Sandy Mulligan escapes Brooklyn for a quiet Michigan town, hoping to finish his overdue novel and outrun personal scandal. At the local library, he becomes captivated by John Salteau, an Ojibway storyteller whose tales seem too vivid to be fiction. When ambitious Chicago reporter Kat Danhoff arrives to investigate a casino theft, she suspects Salteau's involvement could make her stalled career. Sandy finds himself drawn to the reckless, emotionally careless Kat, while she sees opportunity in both men. None of them are what they claim to be. Salteau harbors secrets that go beyond the casino crime. Sandy's retreat masks deeper troubles than writer's block. Kat's investigation becomes personal obsession. As their lives interweave, each manipulates the others while being manipulated in return. The three fugitives circle closer to truths that could destroy them all. One wrong move will cost everything they've fought to protect or achieve.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Brooklyn, Chicago, Michigan
Period: contemporary
337 pages · Kindle Edition · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: mental-illness