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Two teenage girls disappear from a quiet North Carolina town the night of a beach party. Megan McDonald escapes a secluded bunker and later writes a bestselling memoir that casts her as a survivor. A year later, her story reaches national fame, but her friend Nicole Cutty remains missing. Livia Cutty, Nicole’s older sister and a forensic pathology fellow, is convinced that Nicole’s fate will soon surface. Unexpected evidence—a young man’s body linked to Nicole’s past—provides the first clue, prompting Livia to reach out to Megan for answers. As the search deepens, both women realize that the missing girls might be part of a series of abductions, and that the real horror may lie in uncovering the truth they both desperately seek.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Charlie Donlea
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