A woman will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth about her missing daughter in this taut thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag.
California, 1990โfour years after Lauren Lawtonโs sixteen-year-old daughter disappeared, the world has given up the girl for dead. Laurenโs husband took his own life. Her younger daughter Leah is still looking for whatโs left of her childhood. But Lauren never surrendered. She knows who took her child, and thereโs not a shred of evidence against him.
Seeking a fresh start, Lauren and Leah move to idyllic Oak Knoll. So does Laurenโs suspect. And suddenly it feels like history is about to repeat itself.
Leah is turning sixteen, and Oak Knoll has a cunning predator on the hunt. But as sheriffโs detective Tony Mendez and his team sift through the circumstances of an increasingly disturbing case, a stunning question changes everything they thought they knew. . . .