Barbara Delinsky

Heather Malone has lived in Lake Henry for fourteen years. Out of the blue, she is arrested for murdering a man in California. Her partner Micah, her lawyer Cassie, and her best friend Poppy Blake, all work tirelessly to clear her name.

Julia, a ‘loyal’ and ‘obedient’ forty-year-old wife and mother, re-evaluates her life after surviving a terrible boating accident off the coast of Maine that claimed the lives of nine other people.

When Deborah Monroe's car hits and kills a man on a deserted road, questions of who is to blame muddy the already complicated life of a woman who is newly divorced, struggling with emotions and with two vulnerable children. Issues of guilt and responsibility, truth and honesty, are all brought into sharp focus.