by Todd Ritter
First published 2018
Emma Davis stands before her easel in New York, but her mind drifts to Camp Nightingale and the three friends who vanished fifteen years ago. When the camp's wealthy owner contacts her with an offer to teach painting, Emma accepts immediately. She needs answers about what happened that summer. Back at the camp, Emma discovers the place holds more secrets than she remembered. New dangers lurk alongside the old mysteries she came to solve. The other staff members watch her carefully. Strange incidents begin to occur around the grounds. Emma starts investigating the camp's history, piecing together clues about her friends' fate. Each revelation leads her deeper into a web of lies that stretches back decades. The truth she seeks comes with a steep cost. Emma must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice to finally learn what happened to the girls who disappeared.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York, Camp Nightingale
Period: 15 years ago
371 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness