From the acclaimed author of Her Every Fear and The Kind Worth
Killing comes a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and
cold-blooded murder--a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the
vein of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Patricia Highsmith.
Harry Ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and
beautiful, in an "otherworldly" way. She has always been kind and
attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years.
Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His
father is dead and the police think it's suicide. Devastated, Harry
returns to his father's home in Maine. There, he and Alice will help
each other pick up of the pieces of their lives and uncover what
happened to his father.
Shortly after he arrives, Harry meets a mysterious young woman named
Grace McGowan. Though she claims to be new to the area, Harry begins to
suspect that Grace may not be a complete stranger to his family. But she
isn't the only attractive woman taking an interest in Harry. The sensual
Alice is also growing closer, coming on to him in an enticing, clearly
sexual way.
Mesmerized by these two women, Harry finds himself falling deeper under
their spell. Yet the closer he gets to them, the more isolated he feels,
disoriented by a growing fear that both women are hiding dangerous--even
deadly--secrets . . . and that neither one is telling the truth.
