Dead of Summer

Years after her best friend mysteriously disappeared from a remote New England island,a young woman returns in search of answers in this atmospheric and scintillating thriller from Jessa Maxwellnationally bestselling author of the ΓÇ£deliciously entertainingΓÇ¥ (Sarah PennerNew York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon. Orla OΓÇÖConnor hasnΓÇÖt been to the isolated New England enclave of Hadley Island since she graduated from high school a decade ago. As a teenagerher best friend Alice disappeared from its shores without a traceΓÇöbut with plenty of rumors. NowOrla returns to her familyΓÇÖs beachfront home to clean it out before her parents sell it. The island and her best friendΓÇÖs house next doorabandoned after her family left in griefare stirring up memories she would like to avoid. Then there are the localsalways gossiping and watching OrlaΓÇÖs every move. Worst of allDavidOrlaΓÇÖs childhood crush and son of a wealthy Manhattan familyis back for the summer with his newimpossibly pretty girlfriendFaith. Faith suspects that David is going to propose but as soon as she settles into his familyΓÇÖs sprawling Hadley Island estateshe feels out of place. She anticipated a luxurious summer of fun and romancebut David is never aroundΓÇölured into business conversations with his entrepreneur father from dawn to dusk. With nothing else to doFaith begins to investigate the islandΓÇÖs dark pastcurious about what really happened to Alice all those years ago. Meanwhilelocal Henry hasnΓÇÖt left his house since the young girl went missingin an attempt to let the accusations against him die down. Except they never have. For yearsHenry has had an endless supply of time to pursue his only hobbywatching the island from his telescope and recording the activities of its inhabitants. But OrlaΓÇÖs return has shaken him and lately heΓÇÖs been seeing strange things: shadowy figures walking on the beach in the middle of the night and a light on in the upstairs window of the long-abandoned house of the missing girl. When thereΓÇÖs another disappearance on the islandall three find themselves pulled into an eerie and twisty mystery that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.