âOne of the hottest horror authors on the planetâ (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.
On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charityâs been missing for over a month. Most people in townâeven the policeâthink sheâs dead.
Margaret and Charity have been lifelong friends. They share everything, know the most intimate details about one anotherâŠexcept for the destructive secret hidden from them both. A secret that will trigger a chain of events ending in tragedy, bloodshed, and death. And now Charity wants Margaret to know her storyâthe real story. In a narrative that takes place over one feverish day, Margaret follows a series of increasingly disquieting breadcrumbs as she forges deeper into the mystery of her best friendâa person she never truly knew at allâŠ