Fiona Barton
Detective Elise King investigates a man’s disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other, in this suspenseful new novel from the #1 bestselling author of The Widow.
Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective. Or she was, before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing: the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.
Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her housecleaner, knows. She’s an invisible presence in many of the houses in town. Dee sees and hears everything.
The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put their town on the map with a giant music festival, and a teenage girl ends up dead from a drug overdose. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.
Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her housecleaner, knows. She’s an invisible presence in many of the houses in town. Dee sees and hears everything.
The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put their town on the map with a giant music festival, and a teenage girl ends up dead from a drug overdose. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.
