First published 2025
Two teenage girls disappear on fireworks night in North Falls, a small town where residents believe they know each other's business. Officer Emmy Clifton faces a personal crisis when she realizes one missing girl is her best friend's daughter, someone she turned away when the girl sought help. Now Emmy must find both teenagers and bring them home safely. As she investigates the clues the girls left behind, Emmy discovers she understood neither of them as well as she believed. The deeper she digs into their lives, the more secrets emerge from what seemed like ordinary teenage existence. Someone in North Falls was willing to kill to protect these secrets. Emmy must uncover what the girls knew and what the town has been hiding before it's too late.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: North Falls
Period: Fireworks Night
439 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness