First published 2017
Annalee Ahlberg disappears from her bed one night in Vermont. Her family knows her sleepwalking episodes can turn dangerous. She once destroyed the hydrangeas outside their home. Another time her daughter Lianna pulled her back from the edge of the Gale River bridge. The morning after Annalee goes missing, search teams scour the woods. Her husband Warren rushes back from his business trip. Detective Gavin Rikert questions Lianna while her younger sister Paige swims the river hunting for clues. Police find torn nightshirt fabric caught on a tree branch. The evidence suggests Annalee died during a sleepwalking episode, but her body never turns up. Rikert keeps visiting the Ahlberg family. Lianna finds herself attracted to the detective, yet troubling questions emerge. Why does Rikert know so much about her mother? Why did Annalee only leave her bed when Warren traveled? As Lianna digs deeper into the mystery, she discovers the truth about her mother's disappearance lies somewhere between sleep and waking.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Gale River, Vermont
304 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday