From the USA Today bestselling author of Blade comes a propulsive, emotional thriller about a man whose homecoming from prison threatens long-buried secrets about a murder in a suburban enclave.

After a ten-year sentence for murder, Griffin Ford is finally free and ready to make peace. But within hours of his release, he escapes a harrowing abduction. Someone doesn’t want Griffin to come home. Forced into hiding, Griffin is now determined to uncover the truth that was buried a decade.

Back then, he had risked everything to cross the tracks between working-class Milltown and affluent Newfield to pursue his teen love, Clare Keaton. But after a wealthy suburbanite was murdered and the evidence began to point in his direction, Griffin did the unthinkable: He confessed to the brutal crime.

He told Clare to forget him. But she never did—not even with her wedding just days away. And now, on the day of his release, cryptic text messages cast doubt on everything she thought she knew about Griffin Ford.

Propelled by restless secrets and enduring love, Griffin and Clare race to make sense of their past. But whoever’s pulling the strings is determined to finish what they started.

Wendy Walker is the author of several psychological suspense novels, including All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night, The Night Before, Don’t Look for Me, What Remains, and Blade, as well as the Audible Originals Hold Your Breath, American Girl, Mad Love, and The Room Next Door. Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages, topping bestseller lists in the United States and abroad, and featured by Today, the Reese Witherspoon Book Club, and the Book of the Month Club. Eight of her titles have also been optioned for television and film.

Wendy holds degrees from Brown University and Georgetown University Law School. Prior to her writing career, she trained for competitive figure skating, worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, and practiced both corporate and family law. She resides in Connecticut, where she raised her three sons.