First published 2022
Abigail Lovett runs The Passage Inn in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter's Pass, where people have been disappearing for years. The town draws visitors with its rafting, hiking trails, and access to the Appalachian Trail through a stunning waterfall. When journalist Landon West arrives to investigate the unsolved vanishings, he becomes the latest to disappear. His brother Trey comes searching for answers, and Abby watches her community close ranks around its secrets. She has managed the upscale resort for ten years but still feels like an outsider among the locals. As Abby uncovers evidence that might solve the mystery, she realizes how little she knows about the people around her. Her coworkers, neighbors, and closest friends all harbor secrets that could explain what happened to Landon and the others who vanished before him.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: outsider-protagonist, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cutter's Pass, North Carolina, Appalachian Trail
Period: Contemporary
323 pages · Hardcover · Scribner