First published 2024
Naomi Shaw once believed in magic. Two decades ago, she spent a summer in the woods with best friends Cassidy and Olivia, playing what they called the Goddess Game. That summer ended when someone attacked Naomi, stabbing her seventeen times. She survived and identified her attacker. The girls testified against him, helping convict a serial killer linked to six murders. They became heroes. For twenty-two years, the three friends have guarded a secret that could destroy them. Now Olivia threatens to reveal the truth. Naomi must return to those woods and uncover what really happened that summer. The investigation forces her to confront the gap between the story she told and the events she remembers. Each revelation brings new danger as someone will kill to keep the past buried. Naomi discovers that surviving her attack was only the beginning of her ordeal.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: The Woods
Period: 22 Years Ago, Present Day
384 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Flatiron Books
Content warnings: violence