Two girls went into the woods. Only one came back. . . .
Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens is on the trail in this ārivetingā (Publishers Weekly) crime novel from the acclaimed author of She Lies in Wait, Watching from the Dark, and Lie Beside Me
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: BookPage
Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. Sheās striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. Sheās also covered in blood.
When Jonah races to help, the girl insists sheās fine. Then she smiles. Itās her sister he needs to worry about. Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a childrenās home a week ago. Now Keely is hereābut Ninaās still missing. Jonah is sure Keely knows where her sister isābut before she tells him anything, she insists, he has to listen to her story from the beginning.
Is she witness, victim, or killer? And if Jonah follows the trail of clues in her story, will they lead him to the missing girlāor distract him until itās too late?
Two girls went into the woods. Only one came back. . . .
Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens is on the trail in this ārivetingā (Publishers Weekly) crime novel from the acclaimed author of She Lies in Wait, Watching from the Dark, and Lie Beside Me
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: BookPage
Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. Sheās striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. Sheās also covered in blood.
When Jonah races to help, the girl insists sheās fine. Then she smiles. Itās her sister he needs to worry about. Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a childrenās home a week ago. Now Keely is hereābut Ninaās still missing. Jonah is sure Keely knows where her sister isābut before she tells him anything, she insists, he has to listen to her story from the beginning.
Is she witness, victim, or killer? And if Jonah follows the trail of clues in her story, will they lead him to the missing girlāor distract him until itās too late?