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On the anniversary of a teen’s disappearance, three friends face a deadly hometown reunion in this twisty suspense novel by a New York Times bestselling author.
On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise—even when it shatters lifelong friendships.
The Lost Summer
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A girl’s vanishing draws a detective into the crimes and mysteries of her own past in a shocking novel of psychological suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Girl.
Detective Sergeant Midge Kennedy and her lifelong pals Talia and Kelly have reunited on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the disappearance of their friend Caroline, hoping to put that summer of loss behind them. But as the season draws to a close in Mulberry Bay, Midge is plunged into a missing person case with unsettling ties to the past.
Ordinarily, she wouldn’t suspect foul play when a sixteen-year-old girl is just a few hours late getting home on a beautiful summer afternoon. But her investigation yields a shocking glimpse of a familiar face, and mounting coincidences link Sarah Greene’s vanishing to Caroline’s.
The Fourth Girl
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On the anniversary of a teen’s disappearance, three friends face a deadly hometown reunion in this twisty suspense novel by a New York Times bestselling author.
On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise―even when it shatters lifelong friendships.
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren’t alone. Someone is watching. Someone who knows what really happened to Caroline―and to the man who now lies dead a stone’s throw from where she was last seen.
Police detective Midge knows she’s dealing with a murder the moment she sees the item clutched in his lifeless hand. Only three other people in the world would grasp its significance. That means Kelly and Talia are either involved or in danger, because Caroline is long gone…or is she?
REVIEWS
“Staub examines the corrosive power of shared secrets in this devilish thriller. Childhood friends Midge Kennedy, Kelly Barrow, Talia Shaw, and Caroline Winterfield grew up together in the hollowed out town of Mulberry Bay, N. Y., united by their shared dream of getting out. On prom night in 2000, Caroline walked out of her family home and into the woods, never to be seen again. Only the other three girls know where she went—a secret that’s bonded and haunted them across the intervening decades. Twenty-five years later, Midge, Kelly, and Talia return to Mulberry Bay, hoping Caroline is still alive and will finally make good on their long-stalled plans to reunite. Shortly after the women arrive, however, they start receiving mysterious, threatening letters that reference secrets only Caroline would know. A murder and sightings of a strange figure skulking around town feed their fears that the friend they’ve been protecting for decades is now trying to kill them. Staub effortlessly glides between the immediate aftermath of Caroline’s disappearance and the women’s increasingly tense reunion, doling out key details with a steady hand before walloping readers with a surprise ending. It’s dark, satisfying fun.”
—Publishers Weekly on THE FOURTH GIRL