"A tense, simmering, fast-paced mystery."--Megan Miranda, New York
Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest and The Girl from
Widow Hills
The New York Times bestselling author returns with an unsettling but
riveting psychological thriller about a captivating woman who joins a
family and threatens to upend their picture-perfect lives.
They had everything they needed for a perfect family vacation:
close-knit relatives, a bucolic setting . . . and a murderer in their
midst?
Summer's looking forward to a break from hustling for acting work in
Manhattan when she, her husband Gabe, and Gabe's nine-year-old son
arrive at the annual family get-together at her in-laws' sprawling
estate. On the agenda are leisurely gourmet meals, tennis matches, and
plenty of relaxation by the pool.
But this year, Gabe's brother Nick has invited his new flame Hannah,
whom Summer immediately recognizes from a few years before. Oddly, her
brother-in-law's girlfriend claims not to know her. Yet she charms the
other family members, and after Nick announces that he's proposed to
Hannah, Summer doesn't have much choice but to grin and bear it.
Then the reunion is rocked by tragedy when a family member is found
dead. Though the doctors attribute the loss to natural causes, a
grieving Summer fears that the too-good-to-be-true Hannah is involved,
even as Gabe dismisses her suspicions.
How far will Summer go to expose the truth? As she investigates just
what Nick's fiancée might have done to keep her perfect image intact,
she begins to fear that the first death might only be the beginning . .
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