Keep This for Me: A Novel

By: Jennifer Fawcett

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Synopsis: The acclaimed author of the &“chilling, mesmerizing debut&” (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer&’s connection to her mother&’s disappearance—for fans of I Have Some Questions for You and Notes on an Execution.One hot August night in 1993, a young couple go to a party. When their car breaks down, they are picked up by a truck driver who attacks the man and abducts the woman. She is never seen again. That woman was Fiona Green&’s mother. When the trucker, Eddie Ward, is caught, a mass grave of bodies is discovered in his backyard but Fiona&’s mother isn&’t there. Thirty years later, on his prison deathbed, Ward insists that he didn&’t kill her, so Fiona finds herself back in the small town where her mother disappeared. Fighting demons of her own, she&’s shocked when history repeats itself: another woman, another roadside breakdown, and another disappearance. Only this time the primary suspect is Jason Ward, Eddie&’s son. Desperate, Fiona hunts down answers, unaware that she is being drawn into a dangerous trap. With Jennifer Fawcett&’s signature &“suspenseful and immersive&” (Library Journal) prose, Keep This for Me is a fresh, spellbinding exploration of what we unwillingly inherit from our parents and how one random act can send ripples years into the future.