First published 2024
Eighteen-year-old Bel Price has grown up without answers. Her mother Rachel vanished when Bel was two years old, leaving behind only questions and a daughter who witnessed everything but remembers nothing. Now the Price family sits before documentary cameras, rehashing the cold case that has defined their lives. Bel wants the filming to end so she can move forward. Then Rachel Price walks back into their lives as if sixteen years meant nothing. She brings an elaborate story about her disappearance, but Bel notices the cracks in her mother's account. The cameras keep rolling as Bel realizes she must investigate the woman who gave birth to her. Rachel's return should feel like a miracle, but instead it feels like a threat. Bel digs deeper into her mother's story, questioning every detail and wondering what kind of person abandons their family for over a decade. The truth about Rachel Price becomes more elusive with each revelation, forcing Bel to confront the possibility that her mother might be dangerous.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama, unreliable-narrator
438 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press