Some stories refuse to die.

In a forgotten corner of small-town Indiana, Adrianna McMahon serves up nuts and fudge at the mall while hiding from her dark past. When her seventeen-year-old coworker, Rebel James, drops off a bloodstained notebook full of stories about missing girls, Adrianna recognizes a haunting pattern—one leading straight to New Day High School, where her own nightmare began decades ago.

Then Rebel disappears and the bodies of dead girls start appearing.

Each murder mirrors one of Rebel's stories with terrifying precision. But they also hint at Adrianna's own past and a secret she hasn't told a soul. But how could Rebel, or anyone, have known? It's not long before the police are asking questions . . . and Adrianna doesn't have the right answers.

As body count rises, Adrianna must decide: Is Rebel crying out for help, or luring her into a twisted game? The truth might cost Adrianna everything—including her life.

Carissa Ann Lynch is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Bachelorette Party; The Traitors; The Summer She Disappeared; My Sister Is Missing; Without a Trace; Like, Follow, Kill; The One Night Stand; She Lied She Died; Whisper Island; The Secrets of Cedar Farm; and more. She lives in a small town on the border of Indiana and Kentucky with her partner, children, cats, and a growing collection of books. She has a degree in psychology and has always been a little obsessed with the darker areas of the human mind. When she's not writing, she works as a suicide and crisis intervention counselor and coaches a team of emergency service workers on how to assess risk and respond to community mental health crises and disasters.