A brutal summer in a storm-damaged town turns deadly when a woman is found murdered in her home. As suspects mount and old wounds reopen, Detective Ben Packard must navigate buried secrets and the realities of being different in a town that resists change.

A lifelong rivalry takes a dangerous turn when I’m hired as the physical therapist for my childhood nemesis’s hockey team. What starts as teasing quickly crosses into something neither of us is prepared for and once lines are crossed, there’s no going back.

A reported shooting leaves behind no blood, no body, and only one witness no one believes. As more students vanish and bodies surface, Bree realizes the murders are driven by rage and time is running out.

When a homicide detective’s sister is killed in a crime that mirrors their parents’ murder-suicide, she’s forced to confront a past she buried long ago. As secrets surface and the truth refuses to line up, the danger once again hits far too close to home.

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Brook agrees to accompany her imprisoned brother to Alaska after he offers to reveal a victim’s burial site. But when a fresh body appears bearing his signature, Brook is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the killer may not be the one in custody.

Book Summary: After returning to his hometown with his son, Clay is pulled back into old family tensions when his uncle suddenly disappears. As three generations search for answers, long-buried secrets surface—and the danger may be closer than anyone expects.

This one had me questioning everything as the story unfolded. The twists and character dynamics made it hard to tell who could actually be trusted.

Several women, and a couple of men each having suffered some type of tragedy meet on certain mornings to jump in for a swim, sort of like their own version of therapy for friends. While they all have shared their individual tragedies, it seems they all also have major secrets they hold close. When they find out one of them has been collecting those secrets to write a tell all novel, chaos ensues. Somehow, the would-be novelist disappears one morning and everyone is suspecting each other. 

Ten years ago, 17-year-old high school volleyball star Callie Jones vanished from her quiet Wisconsin lake community. Her body was never found, and the case went cold, but the echoes of Callie’s disappearance still linger. On the tenth anniversary, Ethan Hall—a former renegade detective turned doctor—is tapped to re-open the case.