Shelterwood

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER ΓÇó ΓÇ£WingateΓÇÖs stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the regionΓÇÖs history,cultureand landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPublishers Weeklystarred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes ΓÇ£a sweeping tale about little known historyΓÇ¥ (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. ValΓÇÖs quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw NationΓÇÖs Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappearsOllie fleestaking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountainsthe territory of outlawstreasure huntersand desperate men. Along the waythey form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novelLisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its richesOllie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.