Another brilliant story from the queen of family psychothrillers. The town of Stanhope literally radiates peace and safety. Before nine-year-old Avery, the daughter of a local doctor of integrity, goes missing. Before it is discovered that her father William hit her shortly before her disappearance. And that he was having a secret affair with a woman who lived a few blocks away. William becomes the number one suspect, but not the only one. Someone saw Avery get into a car with a young man. And she claimed to her best friend that she had an older boyfriend. Suddenly everyone here knows something about someone. But can anyone be trusted here? And prepare for the truth about what happened to Avery?