Perfect mothers. Perfect daughters. Perfect lies.
After the tragic death of her husband, Dahlia Kincaid and her 14-year-old daughter Mia move to the upscale lakefront community of Blackthorn Shores in desperate hope of a fresh start.
When the neighborhood queen bee unexpectedly welcomes her into their elite circle, Dahlia believes she's finally found belonging for herself and Mia, as the popular daughters of the neighborhood include Mia in their tight-knit clique. Everything seems perfect.
Until an eighth-grade girl is found dead after a neighborhood slumber party.
Suspicion quickly falls on Mia, the awkward outsider. Ugly rumors swirl. As the police close in, Mia withdraws into traumatized silence, until even Dahlia questions what her daughter might be hiding.
What really happened that night? Was it truly an accident? Or did something more sinister occur? What does Mia know that she's afraid to say?
To save her daughter, Dahlia must uncover the truth herself. For the most dangerous secrets lurk behind the prettiest facades.
One thing Dahlia knows for sure: someone in picture-perfect Blackthorn Shores is a killer.
From USA Today bestselling author Kyla Stone comes a riveting domestic thriller exploring the lengths we'll go to belong, the tangled loyalties of teenage girls, and what happens when the cost of acceptance becomes too high. For fans of Big Little Lies and Adolescence, and authors Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, and Alice Feeney.
Genre: Mystery
After the tragic death of her husband, Dahlia Kincaid and her 14-year-old daughter Mia move to the upscale lakefront community of Blackthorn Shores in desperate hope of a fresh start.
When the neighborhood queen bee unexpectedly welcomes her into their elite circle, Dahlia believes she's finally found belonging for herself and Mia, as the popular daughters of the neighborhood include Mia in their tight-knit clique. Everything seems perfect.
Until an eighth-grade girl is found dead after a neighborhood slumber party.
Suspicion quickly falls on Mia, the awkward outsider. Ugly rumors swirl. As the police close in, Mia withdraws into traumatized silence, until even Dahlia questions what her daughter might be hiding.
What really happened that night? Was it truly an accident? Or did something more sinister occur? What does Mia know that she's afraid to say?
To save her daughter, Dahlia must uncover the truth herself. For the most dangerous secrets lurk behind the prettiest facades.
One thing Dahlia knows for sure: someone in picture-perfect Blackthorn Shores is a killer.
From USA Today bestselling author Kyla Stone comes a riveting domestic thriller exploring the lengths we'll go to belong, the tangled loyalties of teenage girls, and what happens when the cost of acceptance becomes too high. For fans of Big Little Lies and Adolescence, and authors Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, and Alice Feeney.
Genre: Mystery
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