by Lisa Gardner
Part of Detective D.D. Warren, book 12
First published 2020
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren have formed a task force to trace the digital clues left by Jacob Ness, a serial kidnapper now dead. When new evidence surfaces, they recruit Flora Dane, who survived imprisonment by Ness. The investigation leads them to a remote Georgia hill town where residents harbor dark secrets. What begins as an unsettling atmosphere quickly reveals something far more dangerous. The team discovers that Jacob Ness, despite all his documented crimes, kept his most terrible secret hidden. Quincy and Warren must use every skill they possess to solve their most disturbing case. Flora confronts her traumatic past head-on, hoping to prevent others from suffering the same fate. The three women find themselves in a race against time in a place where evil has taken root and grown.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Georgia
Period: contemporary
385 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: kidnapping, violence