From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes this chilling, harrowing thriller set in rural Vermont about a recluse who believes the young girl he's found in the woods is the reincarnation of his missing daughter, returned to help him solve her and his wife's disappearance.
I wonât say a word. Cross my heart and hope to dieâŠ
Jonah Baum, a professor of poetry at a local college in Vermont, sees his ordinary life come tumbling down when his wife and young daughter vanish from their home. No evidence of a kidnapping. No sign of murder. No proof that Rebecca didnât simply abandon her marriage. Just Sallyâs crude and chilling drawings, Jonahâs little lies, and the sheriffâs nagging fears that nothing is what it seems.
For Sallyâs best friend, Lucinda, itâs something else. She trusts in Sally not to just disappear, not after theyâve shared so many secretsâespecially about the woods and what they saw there. But sheâll never tell. No one would believe her anyway.
As the search for Rebecca and Sally intensifies, and as suspicion falls on Jonah, the disappearances become more relentlessly haunting than anyone can imagine. Because whatâs seen in the light of day is not nearly as terrifying as what remains hidden in the darkâŠ