First published 2018
Leah Stevens has hit rock bottom in Boston. Her journalism career lies in ruins when she encounters Emmy Grey, an old friend planning a move to rural Pennsylvania. Leah decides to tag along for a fresh start. Their new beginning shatters when someone attacks a woman who looks remarkably like Leah near the local lake. Days later, Emmy vanishes without explanation. Leah teams up with Detective Kyle Donovan to search for her missing friend. They dig into Emmy's background for answers. The investigation reveals something disturbing. Emmy appears to have no connections, no relatives, and no online presence whatsoever. The police start wondering if Emmy Grey actually exists. Leah faces a terrible possibility. She must question everything she believes about her friendship and her own memory. The truth waits somewhere in the shadows, and Leah knows it will change everything.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: missing-person, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Boston, Pennsylvania
Period: contemporary
352 pages · Paperback · Corvus
Content warnings: mental-illness