Kubica, Mary

Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find.

Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago to small-town Maine when their neighbor Morgan Baines is found dead in her home. The murder rocks their tiny coastal island, but no one is more shaken than Sadie. But it's not just Morgan's death that has Sadie on edge. And as the eyes of suspicion turn toward the new family in town, Sadie is drawn deeper into the mystery of what really happened that dark and deadly night. But Sadie must be careful, for the more she discovers about Mrs. Baines, the more she begins to realize just how much she has to lose if the truth ever comes to light.

After Esther Vaughan disappears from her Chicago apartment, her roommate finds a haunting letter addressed to someone she can't identify. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Alex quickly befriends a mysterious woman who appears in the coffee shop where he works. As the people in Esther's life search for answers, Alex's relationship with the woman turns dark and sinister, and nobody is safe from Esther's murky past.

Mia Dennett, in an effort to get back at her on-again, off-again boyfriend for standing her up, leaves a bar with Colin Thatcher, who seemed like a safe one-night stand. However, Colin takes Mia and hides her in a cabin in rural Minnesota. That was not what he was supposed to do, though, and his "employers" will not be happy when they find out. Meanwhile, Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman are on the trail.

The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.