Where the Truth Lies

The town of Whistling Ridge guards its secrets. When seventeen-year-old Abigail goes missing,her best friend Emmacompelled by the guilt of leaving her alone at a party in the woodssets out to discover the truth about what happened. The police initially believe Abi ran awaybut Emma doesn’t believe that her friend would leave without herand when officers find disturbing evidence in the nearby woodsthe festering secrets and longstanding resentment of both Abigail’s family and the people of Whistling RidgeColorado begin to surface with devastating consequences. Among those secrets: Abi’s older brother Noah’s passionatedangerous love for the handsome Rata recently arrived Romanian immigrant who has recently made his home in the trailer park in town; her younger brother Jude’s feeling that he knows information he should tell the policeif only he could put it into words; Abi’s father’s mercurialunpredictable rages and her mother’s silence. Then there is the rest of Whistling Ridgewhere a charismatic preacher advocates for God’s love in language that mirrors violenceunder the sway of the powerful businessman who rules the towninsular and wary of outsiders. But Abi had secretstooand the closer Emma grows to unravelling the pastthe farther she feels from her friend. And in a tinder box of small-town rageand all it will take is just one spark–the truth of what really happened that night–to change their community forever.