Already in trouble for a speeding ticket, Ali insists that Steffie say nothing about Madison’s disappearance. Even when Madison’s mother comes looking for her. Even when the police question them.
Some secrets are hard to hide, though—especially with Madison’s life on the line. As she struggles between coming clean or going along with her manipulative sister’s plan, Steffie begins to question if she or anyone else is really who she thought they were. After all, the Steffie she used to know would never lie about being the last person to see Madison alive—nor would she abandon a friend in the woods: alone, cold, injured, or even worse.
But when Steffie learns an even deeper secret about her own past, a missing person seems like the least of her worries…
High school English teacher by day, Val Muller spends her days analyzing literature—and spends her nights writing it. She pens tales in multiple genres and has been writing since first grade. She is the author of the children’s mystery series "Corgi Capers," the horror novel "Faulkner’s Apprentice," the young adult novels "The Scarred Letter" and "The Man with the Crystal Ankh," and dozens of short stories and essays with more forthcoming. She lives with her husband and daughter in Virginia and is owned by two corgis, Leia and Yoda. You can learn more at Val Muller’s website, www.ValMuller.com, or follow her on her Facebook page or Twitter.