"A suffocating Southern thriller from an award-winning author. The next unputdownable read for fans of Stacy Willingham and Noelle W. Ihli.
She left Chokoloskee Island behind years ago. The Everglades isn’t done with her yet.
Cameron St. Rose was five when her mother disappeared into the mangroves without a trace. Growing up the daughter of one of the island’s founding families, she always knew that asking questions was more dangerous than not knowing.
Now a manager at a luxury spa on Florida’s glittering coast, Cameron has built a life far from the swamp and its secrets. But when a tropical storm washes human remains out of the black water, she’s compelled to return home.
Catching up with her childhood best friend, Michaela, being served drinks by her ex, then going home to an empty house—it’s a bittersweet homecoming. And then Michaela vanishes. Cameron knows what Chokoloskee looks like when it’s hiding something: she can hear it in the conversations which stop when she walks into a room, and the way the whole island closes ranks around a silence she was raised never to break.
But Cameron isn’t a little girl anymore. And she’ll drag every secret out of the mud and the mangroves to find her friend—even the one about her mother.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Return-to-her-hometown thrillers
- Small town with dark secrets
- Everyone is a suspect
- Tragedy in the past meets mystery in the present
- Atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere
- The past won’t stay drowned
- Compelling heroine with a tragic backstory
Readers love S.E. Reed’s gripping thrillers:
“Such a wild ride!!! I could not put this book down!!! It was utterly fantastic!!! 5/5 stars without hesitation!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“So good. I absolutely devoured this in a day. I thought I could see the end coming but not at all… I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Such a fun read.” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“A brilliant read that hooked me from the outset I couldn’t tear myself away! The plot was truly exceptional!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“An amazing read! From the very start I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. The story pulled me in right away and kept me turning the pages until the very end. I honestly hated for it to end because I was enjoying it so much… An absolute must-read!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"Some people will do anything for family. Even kill for it…
When Sophia, a wealthy woman far from home, meets Rebecca, a struggling nurse and mother, at a paint-and-sip class in New York, their friendship unfolds just as you might expect.
The lonely outsider finds her place. The overwhelmed mother gets the help she desperately needs. The two women save each other.
But that’s only the beginning.
The first time Sophia reads Rebecca’s journal, it’s curiosity. The next time, it’s desperation.
Because she’s realized she’s not the only one in this house with secrets…
A dark, twisting domestic thriller for fans of Freida McFadden and Jeneva Rose, about the people we trust, and the ones who destroy us.
Readers love S.E. Reed…
“Such a wild ride!!! I could not put this book down!!! It was utterly fantastic!!! 5/5 stars without hesitation!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“So good. I absolutely devoured this in a day. I thought I could see the end coming but not at all… I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Such a fun read.” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“A brilliant read that hooked me from the outset I couldn’t tear myself away! The plot was truly exceptional!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“An amazing read! From the very start I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. The story pulled me in right away and kept me turning the pages until the very end. I honestly hated for it to end because I was enjoying it so much… An absolute must-read!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“[Had me] staying up late when I should have been sleeping… Fast-moving, the story immediately draws you in and had my attention throughout.” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Wow… So good and twisted will have you thinking well after you have finished this read.” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"Two women live in neighboring beachfront mansions. One posts carefully curated photos of her enviable life. The other watches from the shadows, learning every detail of that life, waiting for the right moment to destroy it.
Hannah thought she knew which one she was.
When Hannah meets Sophia, she sees a kindred spirit. Another woman married to wealth, someone who understands the pressures of living up to impossible standards. Quickly, Sophia becomes the friend Hannah never knew she needed. Until Hannah discovers Sophia has been lying. About everything.
You may think you know where this is going. The confrontation. The revelation. The fight for survival. But Hannah is about to discover a truth so twisted it will shatter everything she believed about her marriage, her past, and herself.
Some secrets can kill. And some women have been living with the dead for years.
Fans of Freida McFadden and Jeneva Rose will be glued to every twist in this psychological thriller where nothing—and no one—is what they seem."
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