First published 1999
In a quiet New Hampshire town, the body of a newborn baby is found in the Sabbathday River. Local outcast Heather Pratt is quickly blamed and confesses, but idealistic Naomi Roth refuses to believe her guilt. Naomi enlists a lawyer to defend Heather, determined to uncover the town's hidden truths. As the investigation unfolds, a second body emerges, forcing Naomi to confront her own blindness to the darkness within her community.
Genres: fiction, drama, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New Hampshire
514 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Jove
Content warnings: death, murder