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This summer, you’ll want to add a haunting new thriller to your TBR from the New York Times bestselling author of These Toxic Things, And Now She’s Gone, and They All Fall Down Rachel Howzell Hall. TV writer Yara Gibson has come back to her hometown of Palmdale, California to host her parents’ anniversary party and find the perfect family mementos for the celebration. But then Yara receives a disturbing text from her mother’s estranged childhood friend, Felicia: I have information that will change your life. The messages keep coming, insisting that Yara talk to her “before it’s too late.”

After Felicia’s body is found floating in a lake, Yara finds a key to a remote cabin, which contains files related to a mysterious tragedy from 1998. What secrets was Felicia hiding? And how much of what Yara knows about her family is true? The deeper Yara digs, the more she fears that Felicia was right. And uncovering the truth about what happened at the cabin all those years ago will either change Yara’s life or end it. Perfect to read for lovers of A Simple Favor, Big Little Lies, and Little Fires Everywhere.

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Who is Rachel Howzell Hall?

Rachel Howzell Hall is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony, International Thriller Writers and Left Award nominee and the author of These Toxic Things, They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. She is a past member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America and has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. 

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