Many thanks to NetGalley and Penzler Publishing Mysterious Press for gifting me a digital ARC of this novella by Lisa Unger - 4.5 stars!
Madeline is the survivor of a horrible night in her small town, that left her disfigured, one of her friends dead, and two others missing. Her boyfriend at the time, Evan Handy, was convicted and is in jail. Madeline now runs a bookstore in town and takes care of her father, the sheriff, who is recovering from a stroke. A true crime podcaster, Harley, comes into town wanting to investigate those crimes and also more missing girls, most recently a young girl named Lolly. But opening up the past is hard on everyone.
This is marketed as a novella, but it is a fully-fleshed thriller. While it takes place at Christmastime, don't look for this to be a Hallmark story! But it's definitely a suspenseful book with characters you will be rooting for, even when you may also be yelling at them to make different decisions! Put this one on your Christmas thriller list!
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