A twisting tale of guilt, motherhood, and murder by the bestselling author of The Secret Couple  . . . When the body of Jen’s teenage son, Eli, is found at the edge of a lake, her shock and grief are overwhelming—and so is the activity swirling around her as the police investigate. The guilt she feels because she was not at home the night her child was killed weighs heavy on Jen’s heart. But while she hides a secret, Jen yearns to know what happened—are Eli’s friends telling the truth? After she learns that Eli had a girlfriend, something his friends say he’d kept hidden from everyone, it becomes more and more difficult to separate the fiction from the facts. . . Will Jen catch the killer of her beloved son while protecting those around her? Praise for J. S. Lark “Dark, deceptive and utterly delicious.” —Louise Douglas, author of The Secrets Between Us “Engrossing . . . [A] psychological thriller that will leave you stunned and satisfied.” —Lisa Regan, USA Today –bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series