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When the body of Silver Bay's golden girl Chrissy Carmichael's washes up on the lakefront, long buried secrets begin to worm their way to the surface... and the discovery of her lost diary becomes the catalyst for everything to change. ---- Cleo Williams is desperate to escape her messy life, so when she learns her aunt's Silver Bay cottage will be vacant all summer, she seizes this opportunity with both hands. Finally, a break. A chance to relax and regroup and figure out how to get her life back on track. But only days after she arrives, the issues that drove her away eight years ago threaten to drag her down once again. And when she's betrayed by a family member, her chance for a fresh start is crushed. Just as Cleo thinks she'll have to crawl back to the city, defeated, she stumbles across Chrissy Carmichael's diary. Reluctant to revisit unsettling memories of the Silver Bay police station, Cleo turns to the one Carmichael she's willing to trust: Chrissy's beautiful and enigmatic older brother Blair. Blair presents Cleo with an offer she can't refuse. A solution to all her problems. He hires her to find out what really happened to Chrissy. But as Cleo begins to explore Chrissy's clandestine world, she realizes she isn't alone in her quest for the truth. A persistent reporter arrives in town, equally compelled to expose Silver Bay's secrets. And a body is found in the woods. As Cleo wonders about Silver Bay's dark underbelly a chilling possibility emerges. Does a killer lurk in the shadows of Silver Bay? And could Cleo herself be in danger? Immersed in an atmosphere thick with deception and enriched by deliciously flawed characters, this gripping whodunit weaves an unpredictable narrative and explores the various cages people find themselves in, the consequences of submission, and the resolute will some possess to break free.