
Dark family secrets and insinuations of murder trap an Indian American orphan in this YA psychological thriller perfect for fans of SADIE and VANISHING GIRLS. Tanvi doesn’t remember the night her perfect, popular cousin Mimi disappeared. But she hasn’t told the cops about the bump on the back of her head, the muddy scratches on her legs, or how she woke up with Mimi’s favorite scarf clutched in her hands. She needs the town to keep believing Mimi ran away because she was busted doing drugs. Otherwise, Tanvi’s violent past will make her the prime suspect in the police investigation. Then Tanvi discovers Mimi’s clothes on a local beach. With the cops hunting a murderer, and her beloved aunt suffering a mental health breakdown, Tanvi desperately tries to find out who wanted her cousin dead. Her suspect list is short: Mimi’s drug-dealing boyfriend who refuses to answer her questions, her best friend, who catalyzed the fight between the once-loving cousins, an ex-best friend turned stalker, and the school jock who hated Mimi for getting him kicked off the football team—and Tanvi herself. Because, lurking in the deepest part of her is that dark fear. The fear that she’s inherited her mother’s evil. Then she starts receiving texts from Mimi accusing her of attempted murder. The texts allege that Tanvi tried to kill Mimi so she could take everything her cousin had, including a loving family. Torn between fearing she’s a killer like her mom and the gut feeling that she’d never attempt to kill the cousin she loved, Tanvi races to fill the gaps in her memory. But her attempt to expose the truth of what happened that night triggers malevolence in her quiet Michigan town, and now Tanvi’s the target. To protect the family she has left, Tanvi must learn to face her darkest fears and discover what happened to Mimi, even if it puts her life in danger.