Stan and Joy Delaney are practically royalty in their hometown, looked up to and revered. As they begin their retirement, however, things begin to fall apart. A woman knocks on their door in the middle of the night, claiming to be on the run from an abusive lover and the couple agrees to help her. But then Joy disappears and the woman that Stan claims to have come to their home looking for help is also strangely missing. Of the four adult Delaney children, two believe that their father had something to do with their mother’s disappearance, two believe he’s telling the truth. It turns out that the Delaney family had a lot of secrets, and some of them were deadly

Oh man, I feel blasphemous saying so, but this was not my favorite. The story follows Moriarty's Hansel and Gretel signature style by dispensing small bits of detail and drama to propel the reader forward towards the big reveal, but in this instance, the characters, setting and drama do little to make you want to turn the page. I normally can't put Moriarty's books down, but this one I had to talk myself into picking it up. Overlong and over-boring. Twist at the end was okay, but it takes a looong time to get there. The narration improves as the story progresses, but the accents were really rough. For Moriarty completists only.