From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Pretty Revengeâa âgripping tale of subterfuge, betrayal, and retributionâ (Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish)âcomes the story of a journalist obsessed with finding a crime novelist who disappears after a deadly attack on her beloved daughter.
As a mother and a famous author, Ward DeFleur has it all. She lives in a beautiful estate in picture-perfect Connecticut, along with her teenage daughter, Stevie, where nothing can go wrong. Until, one night, when Stevie is brutally murdered and Wardâs entire world is shattered. Consumed by panic and grief, Ward vows never to put pen to paper again.
Enter Bree Bennett.
Bree is a recently-divorced, former-journalist-cum-housewife, desperate to fill her days with something other than Pilates classes and grocery shopping. So she decides to start writing for the town newspaper. What begins as Breeâs effort to tell Wardâs tragic narrative turns into a fixation with finding her favorite author. Unfortunately, Ward doesnât want to be found. Even worse, Stevieâs killer is still on the looseâŠ
This harrowing tale of one womanâs infatuation and another womanâs fear is full of explosive surprises, perfect for fans of The Night Olivia Fell and Then She Was Gone.