NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Wilder Girls comes another dark thriller about jealousy, desire, and revenge, with a twist ending that needs to be talked about—hailed as “an ode to the knife-sharp edges of teenage friendship” (Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning).

Last year, Nan’s three best friends ventured into the canyons near their small town and never returned. Now one of them is back, and Nan can’t believe it…because she’s the one who killed them.

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Last summer, Luce, Edie, Jane, and Nan took a boat out for one final swim in the river. It was a perfect summer night.

But the only one who returned that night was Nan. Edie, Jane, and Luce disappeared, and Nan’s story has always been the same: She has no idea what happened. The girls went ahead, and it was as though they vanished into thin air.

Now, one year later, all of Saltcedar has gathered at the river for a memorial. Nan even recreated the outfit she wore that fateful day last summer. And when Luce climbs out of the water, no one is more surprised than Nan.

Because Nan killed her. Right before she killed Edie and Jane.

About the Author

Rory Power grew up in Boston, received her undergraduate degree at Middlebury College, and went on to earn an MA in prose fiction from the University of East Anglia.

She is the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls, Burn Our Bodies Down, and Kill Creatures, as well as In a Garden Burning Gold and its sequel, In an Orchard Grown from Ash, for adult readers. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.