The spotlight casts a long shadow.

Rebecca Ziel is in her mid-30s, and life looks nothing like she once imagined. When a much-needed vacation with her best friend is canceled so she can ready a house for sale, the disappointment is almost expected. But this isn't just any house; it's a multi-million dollar property belonging to B*Sweet, the world's biggest pop star...of 1999.

The sprawling estate, once a symbol of the performer's explosive fame, is being slowly strangled by a tangle of trees, leaving it a hollow reminder of what once was. After a decade under the conservatorship of her father, B*Sweet is desperate and disillusioned, an addict clinging to the past. As rumors of a comeback album and a tell-all memoir ripple through social media, toxic friends, manipulative family members, and opportunistic paparazzi circle her like sharks, while B*Sweet's increasingly erratic behavior hints that the quiet conflict over what's left of the star's legacy is about to get loud.

When B*Sweet vanishes and her ghostwriter is found dead, Rebecca must decide: stick to the job she was sent to do, or risk everything to uncover the truth.

Can Rebecca find the missing B*Sweet and hold the guilty to account, or will she drown in the darkness of a world she doesn't fully understand?

-For fans of psychological thrillers with complex female leads and dark celebrity secrets. If you love a story that peels back the layers of fame and keeps you guessing until the final, shocking chord, you won’t be able to put down Pop Scars.

Trigger warnings: Contains themes of trauma, addiction, mental illness, and scenes of violence