About this book:

Returning to the atmospheric, fog-shrouded town of Greyport after two decades, trauma therapist Julia Haines is drawn back by a cryptic phone call: her childhood friend, Cassie Martin, is missing. Greyport, a town steeped in unspoken history and lingering secrets, immediately feels like a trap from the past Julia has spent years trying to outrun. As she navigates frosty family reunions and wary glances from old acquaintances, Julia finds herself pulled into the investigation of Cassie's disappearance, which the local authorities seem hesitant to pursue with urgency.

Driven by a desperate need to find Cassie and a haunting connection to a shared, traumatic secret from their teenage years, Julia delves into Greyport's murky depths. She uncovers chilling details: Cassie was receiving threatening messages, argued with someone before vanishing, and left behind a mysterious journal hinting at a long-buried truth connected to the lighthouse—the same landmark tied to the secret Julia and her friends swore never to reveal. As she joins forces with her old friend, Ryan Matthews, Julia discovers that Cassie's disappearance is not random, but linked to a twenty-year-old tragedy and a web of blackmail orchestrated by a figure of authority who helped bury the truth.

Their investigation takes a dangerous turn when they uncover a cryptic message from Cassie and a hidden ledger detailing a decades-long conspiracy involving Greyport's most prominent families and a multi-million dollar scheme. This leads Julia to a devastating revelation about her own family's complicity and the true, horrifying fate of her sister, Emma, whose death was no accident. As the truth unravels, exposing a deep-seated network of corruption and murder, Greyport faces a reckoning that threatens to shatter its very foundations. Amidst the chaos, Julia confronts the architect of the town's darkness in a final, explosive confrontation at the lighthouse, forcing the echoes of the past into the light and beginning the long, arduous journey towards truth, justice, and fragile redemption for Greyport and herself.