by Laura Dave
First published 2021
Hannah Hall finds a note from her missing husband Owen with two words: "Protect her." Hannah knows Owen means Bailey, his sixteen-year-old daughter who lost her mother years ago and resents her new stepmother. When FBI agents arrest Owen's boss and federal marshals appear at their Sausalito home, Hannah realizes Owen has been lying about his identity. Bailey holds clues to who Owen really is and why he fled. Hannah and Bailey must work together to uncover Owen's secrets, even as Bailey wants nothing to do with her stepmother. Their search for answers forces them into an unlikely partnership. As they piece together Owen's hidden past, they discover they are building something unexpected between them. The investigation becomes a journey that transforms both their lives in ways neither imagined possible.
Genres: suspense, contemporary, mystery-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unlikely-allies
Setting: Sausalito, United States
Period: 21st-century
306 pages · Paperback · S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books