First published 2020
Erika Cass has the perfect family until detectives show up at her door, seeking to question her son Liam about a missing high school girl. Erika senses there's more to her seemingly perfect eldest child than meets the eye. As the evidence mounts, she can no longer deny the truth: Liam may have done the unthinkable. This gripping psychological thriller explores a mother's agonizing dilemma as she's forced to confront the terrifying possibility that her son is not who she thought.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
320 pages · Paperback · Poisoned Pen Press
Content warnings: child-death, murder, violence