First published 2021
Ted lives in the last house on Needless Street with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia. He knows people whisper about him. They think he took little Lulu, the girl who vanished from the lake years ago. Ted tries to keep his family safe behind locked doors and boarded windows. But someone is watching the house. Someone believes Ted is guilty. As the past closes in, the forest at the end of the street holds something buried in its dark soil. Ted's carefully constructed world begins to crack. Lauren asks questions he cannot answer. Olivia sees things that should not be there. The truth about what happened to Lulu lies deeper than anyone suspects. Every assumption will shatter. Every certainty will collapse. In this house where nothing is as it seems, the line between victim and predator dissolves completely.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Needless Street
352 pages · Paperback · Viper
Content warnings: abuse, child-death, mental-illness