"If you liked Big Little Lies, you'll want to crack open this new
novel by Nicole Baart." --Southern Living
"Steeped in menace, Baart's latest is a race-to-the-finish family
drama." --People
An engrossing and suspenseful novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Amy
Hatvany about an affluent suburban family whose carefully constructed
facade starts to come apart with the unexpected arrival of an endangered
young girl.
I have something for you. When Quinn Cruz receives that cryptic text
message from her older sister Nora, she doesn't think much of it. They
haven't seen each other in nearly a year and thanks to Nora's fierce
aloofness, their relationship consists mostly of infrequent phone calls
and an occasional email or text. But when a haunted Nora shows up at the
lake near Quinn's house just hours later, a chain reaction is set into
motion that will change both of their lives forever.
Nora's "something" is more shocking than Quinn could have ever imagined:
a little girl, cowering, wide-eyed, and tight-lipped. Nora hands her
over to Quinn with instructions to keep her safe, and not to utter a
word about the child to anyone, especially not their buttoned-up mother
who seems determined to pretend everything is perfect. But before Quinn
can ask even one of the million questions swirling around her head, Nora
disappears, and Quinn finds herself the unlikely caretaker of a girl
introduced simply as Lucy.
While Quinn struggles to honor her sister's desperate request and care
for the lost, scared Lucy, she fears that Nora may have gotten involved
in something way over her head--something that will threaten them all.
But Quinn's worries are nothing compared to the firestorm that Nora is
facing. It's a matter of life and death, of family and freedom, and
ultimately, about the lengths a woman will go to protect the ones she
loves.
