Description

This thrilling and intense psychological novel from the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen follows the residents of a rural town in Quebec as they grapple with longburied secrets coming to light after the discovery of a childs remains

After a flood destroys the historic center of a small Quebec town a childs body is discovered The remains are decadesold and nearly impossible to identify yet everyone knows at once who they belong to Nineyearold Michelle Fortier vanished without a trace in 1979 and her fate has remained unknownuntil now

Stephanie OMalley grew up in her mothers crumbling trailer listening to stories of Michelles disappearance stories she once tried to turn into a podcast without much success Although Stephanie left Marly fifteen years ago and vowed never to return she finds herself back with her tempestuous mother Laura her high school sweetheart Luc and the entire community in an uproar

While Stephanie struggles to separate the truth from wild rumors about witchcraft and townwide conspiracies Laura is consumed by the strange feeling that all this has happened before But then a bombshell drops the body might not be Michelle after all