<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - <i>GOOD MORNING AMERICA</i> BUZZ PICK - "A total departure for the author of <i>The Paris Wife, </i> McLain's emotionally intense and exceptionally well-written thriller entwines its fictional crime with real cases."--<i>People</i> (Book of the Week)</b> <p/><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>MARIE CLAIRE </i>- "The kind of heart-pounding conclusion that thriller fans crave . . . In the end, a book full of darkness lands with a message of hope."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/><b>"This mystery will keep you guessing, and stay with you long after you finish. Dive in."--<i>Daily</i> <i>Skimm</i></b> <p/>Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she learns that a local teenage girl has gone missing. <p/>The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna's childhood, when the unsolved murder of a young girl touched Mendocino and changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment. The most difficult lessons of her life have given her insight into how victims come into co