''She is simply a brilliant novelist.'' GILLIAN FLYNN ''There are thriller writers and there is Laura Lippman, who is fast creating a new genre-busting category full of remarkable writing and dazzling plot lines.'' Daily Mail ''A very special kind of twisted genius.'' SARAH HILARY ''Laura Lippman is one of my favourite writers.'' MINDY KALING ''When I was seventeen, I gave birth to a baby in a hotel bathroom while attending the prom.'' Two decades ago, Amber Glass''s life changed forever. No-one had even known she was pregnant - including Joe, her date.Afterwards, she left town for good - and hasn''t seen Joe since. But she knows he hasn''t left, that he''s working for his father''s real estate company, married to a cosmetic surgeon. Child freeNow Amber is back, and as the two of them tentatively start to renew their once unlikely relationship, will their secrets and motivations finally destroy everyone around themInspired by a true story, this guessing game of a novel explodes with feeling and menace.