An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A missing kid. A desperate mom. And a house filled with secrets.

Two years ago, Julia lost her family inside a tragic accident. Her spouse drowned trying to save their little girl, Lily, in the river near their rural house. But the little gal’s body was never discovered—and Julia believes Lily is in some way still alive.

Alone and broke, Julia starts her house like a authors’ retreat. One of the 1st guests is certainly Lucas, a horror novelist, who turns into obsessed with learning what happened to Lily. But within days of his introduction, the peace from the retreat can be shattered by a series of eerie events.

When Lucas’s analysis leads him and Julia in to the woods, they locate a dark secret—a secret that someone can do anything to protect…

What really happened that time by the river? Why was Lily never discovered? And who, or what, is certainly haunting the retreat?

From the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies comes his most terrifying book yet.