Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside,AliciaJessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you’d meet on the street any day of the week. SureJessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It’s a bond that takes them back decadesto when they were girlsand they lived on a farm with a foster mother named Miss Fairchild. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was neverever to be crossed. In a moment of desperationthe three broke away from Miss Fairchildand they thought they were free. But the reach of someone with such power is longand even though they never saw her againshe was always somewhere in the shadows of their minds. When bones are discovered buried under the farmhouse of their childhoodthey are called in by the police to tell what they know. Against their willthey are brought back to the pastand to Miss Fairchild herself. DARLING GIRLS asks the questions: what are we capable of when in a desperate place? How much can we hide the demons inside us? And can the past ever truly be buried?