About the book: 2023 / FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS "THE GOOD DAUGHTER" AND "SHARDS OF THE PAST", FILMED BY NETFLIX. A small town hides a big secret... Who killed Emily Vaughn? A girl with a secret...Longbill Beach, 1982. Seventeen-year-old Emily Vaughn is preparing for prom, which promises to be the most important event of the year. But she has one secret. A secret that will cost her life by the end of the evening. An unsolved murder...Forty years later, the girl's murder remains a mystery. The police had many suspects, but absolutely no evidence. The company of best friends remains silent, Emily's rich and influential family has cut herself off from the world, and the residents of the town have long forgotten about her. The mysterious deaths continue... Federal Marshal Andrea Oliver arrives in Longbill Beach on her first assignment: to protect a judge who has begun to receive threats. But in reality, Andrea intends to solve Emily's murder. Her investigation leads her to a series of mysterious deaths, too suspicious for such a small town. Only one thing is clear - the killer is still at large, and this is the last chance to catch him. Andrea must learn the truth before she, too, is silenced... "It is Slaughter's amazing gift for creating precise images that sets her apart among thriller writers." – Washington Post “Slaughter’s attention to detail is truly second to none.” – Gillian Flynn, international bestselling author of Gone Girl “If you like thrillers, then you like Karin Slaughter.” – theSkimm “The entire story is a masterpiece of the genre, and Slaughter's writing has never shone as brightly as in this novel.” - BookReporter.com "Her characters, plot and presentation are unmatched by any thriller writer, and if you haven't read Slaughter yet, now is the time." — Michael Connelly, bestselling author of The Lawyer's Lincoln "Fiction doesn't get any better than this." — Jeffrey Deaver, New York Times bestselling author "One of the most daring thriller authors writing today." — Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author "Expect Karin Slaughter's thriller... just the right amount of twists, shocks, surprises, and visceral thrills and emotion." – Parade “Her talent is equal to that of Edgar Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne... An exemplary storyteller, skillfully and subtly weaving words. She will be recognized as one of the greatest talents of the 21st century and will take pride of place in the world of literature." – The Huffington Post “Roman Slaughter is like a professional athlete coming to the playground to show kids how to do things. With its deep themes, tension and metaphors, it has a connection to the classics that is so often missing in modern literature." – RT Book Reviews