What really happened to Chrissy Stieversen, the golden girl of Silver Bay?

And why does her family want everyone to forget?

Cleo Williams, staying in her aunt's lakefront cottage for the summer to escape the mess she's made of her life – again – finds herself asking these questions when she discovers Chrissy's diary.

The girl whose body had washed up only a few days before.

Cleo would rather not revisit the Silver Bay police station, so she takes the diary to Chrissy's brother, the only Stieversen she's prepared to talk to, and the only person who seems to care.

And he makes Cleo an offer she can't refuse.

As Cleo starts deciphering the coded diary and uncovering Chrissy's secrets, she becomes entangled in the lies and dysfunction of the supposedly idyllic town of Silver Bay. She's reminded of the awful night that drove her away ten years ago and wonders if she's made a mistake in coming back.

And another body is found.

Is there a serial killer in Silver Bay?

And could Cleo herself be in danger?

A multi-POV story that will keep you guessing until the end.

"Unpredictable" "Immersive"... "deliciously flawed characters".