'I've found my favourite crime novel of the year so far... I read in a single sitting ' NEW YORK TIMES
'If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you'll love Heather' ALEX MICHAELIDES
A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shockwaves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery for fans of Liz Moore and Tana French.
1990. In the myth-riddled woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sixteen-year-old Annabelle Riley's twin sister, Sabrina, has been having an affair with a mysterious older man, and Annabelle is determined to uncover what's going on. Then, inexplicably, both sisters disappear.
In this same town years later, newly instated police chief Callie Hauser makes an arrest that unexpectedly resurrects details from a heartbreaking cold case. As she digs deeper, the past and the present collide, challenging everything Callie believes about right and wrong, who she is, and the town she's always called home.
A propulsive mystery as incisive as it is forgiving, Heather bears a visceral reminder that the truth of a woman's life is often complicated and unknowable - to those on the outside, and sometimes even to herself.
