Katherine Greene

Je rok 1998 a na Južnej štátnej univerzite v Severnej Karolíne sa strácajú dievčatá. Avšak prváčka Jessica Fadleyová, kedysi bystrá a zodpovedná študentka, má svoje vlastné problémy. Práve vo chvíli, keď sa jej život nebezpečne vymkne spod kontroly, z ničoho nič sa stratí aj ona. O 24 rokov neskôr Jessicina sestra Lindsey zúfalo hľadá odpovede na roky nezodpovedané otázky a pokúsi sa viesť svoje vlastné vyšetrovanie. Využije na to aj nový populárny podcast, ktorý sa zameriava na zabudnuté kriminálne prípady. V tom čase sa v neďalekom jazere začnú objavovať telá dávno stratených dievčat, čo Lindsey zavedie na znepokojujúcu cestu plnú šokujúcich objavov. - V súčasnosti sa jedna zo sestier snaží rozpliesť komplikovanú pavučinu klamstiev. - V minulosti druhá sestra padá čoraz hlbšie do temnoty, ktorá ju dovedie až k jej konečnému osudu.

A picture-perfect couple’s sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy Southern town down to its core. Told in alternating timelines, this multi-POV thriller explores toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and female rage in the tradition of Darby Kane.Childhood sweethearts Rhett and Lucinda seem to have the perfect marriage, the child they always wanted, and even the white picket fence. But fifteen years ago, the couple came very close to losing everything. When outsider Jennifer Moore arrived in their tight-knit Kentucky town, a brief but explosive affair between the newcomer and the soon-to-be-married Rhett stirred up a violent storm of betrayal that ended with a dead body and a mystery riddled with corruption and deception. Now, new evidence has surfaced—including an eyewitness who places Rhett at the scene of the brutal crime. Soon the carefully constructed life Rhett and Lucinda built starts to crumble—and the truth waiting beneath the surface could destroy them both. In a town steeped in deadly Southern charm, secrets don’t fade—they fester.From the authors of The Lake of Lost Girls comes a chilling domestic suspense that will leave you desperate to uncover the truth.

A picture-perfect couple’s sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy Southern town down to its core. Told in alternating timelines, this multi-POV thriller explores toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and female rage in the tradition of Darby Kane.Childhood sweethearts Rhett and Lucinda seem to have the perfect marriage, the child they always wanted, and even the white picket fence. But fifteen years ago, the couple came very close to losing everything. When outsider Jennifer Moore arrived in their tight-knit Kentucky town, a brief but explosive affair between the newcomer and the soon-to-be-married Rhett stirred up a violent storm of betrayal that ended with a dead body and a mystery riddled with corruption and deception. Now, new evidence has surfaced—including an eyewitness who places Rhett at the scene of the brutal crime. Soon the carefully constructed life Rhett and Lucinda built starts to crumble—and the truth waiting beneath the surface could destroy them both. In a town steeped in deadly Southern charm, secrets don’t fade—they fester.From the authors of The Lake of Lost Girls comes a chilling domestic suspense that will leave you desperate to uncover the truth.

It''s 1998, and female students are going missing at Southern State University in North Carolina, but freshman Jessica Fadley, once a bright and responsible student, is going through her own struggles. Just as her life seems to be careening dangerously out of control, she suddenly disappears. Twenty-four years later, Jessica''s sister Lindsey is desperately searching for answers and uses the momentum of a new chart-topping true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases to guide her own investigation. Soon, interest reaches fever pitch when the bodies of the long-missing women begin turning up at a local lake, which leads Lindsey down a disturbing road of discovery. In the present, one sister searches to untangle a complicated web of lies. In the past, the other descends ever deeper into a darkness that will lead to her ultimate fate. This propulsive and chilling suspense is a sharp examination of sisterhood and the culture of true crime.

Je rok 1998 a na Južnej štátnej univerzite v Severnej Karolíne sa strácajú dievčatá. Avšak prváčka Jessica Fadleyová, kedysi bystrá a zodpovedná študentka, má svoje vlastné problémy. Práve vo chvíli, keď sa jej život nebezpečne vymkne spod kontroly, z ničoho nič sa stratí aj ona. O 24 rokov neskôr Jessicina sestra Lindsey zúfalo hľadá odpovede na roky nezodpovedané otázky a pokúsi sa viesť svoje vlastné vyšetrovanie. Využije na to aj nový populárny podcast, ktorý sa zameriava na zabudnuté kriminálne prípady. V tom čase sa v neďalekom jazere začnú objavovať telá dávno stratených dievčat, čo Lindsey zavedie na znepokojujúcu cestu plnú šokujúcich objavov. - V súčasnosti sa jedna zo sestier snaží rozpliesť komplikovanú pavučinu klamstiev. - V minulosti druhá sestra padá čoraz hlbšie do temnoty, ktorá ju dovedie až k jej konečnému osudu.