First published 2014
Riley MacPherson returns to New Bern, North Carolina to clean out her late father's house. For over twenty years, she has believed her older sister Lisa killed herself as a teenager. Then Riley finds evidence that changes everything. Lisa is alive. She has been living under a false identity all this time. Riley begins digging into the past to learn why Lisa disappeared and what forced her to stay hidden. Each discovery shakes Riley's understanding of her family. The secrets she uncovers make her question everyone she trusted. Riley must choose how to handle the truth about Lisa and decide what this revelation means for her own life. The answers she seeks will force her to confront a reality that rewrites her entire history.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New Bern, North Carolina
Period: 20th-century
353 pages · Kindle Edition · St. Martin's Press