An atmospheric thriller that explores the dark side of a small town and asks: How can we uncover the truth when we keep lying to ourselves??Herrera has a gift for drawing vivid characters and rich settings. A voicey and compelling debut that is not to be missed.? ?Karin SlaughterAfter reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O?Donnell her job and her marriage, she returns with her four-year-old daughter to her beautiful hometown of Copper Falls, Ohio. While the town may seem idyllic, something rotten lies at its core. Three men in town have drowned in what Leigh suspects to be a triple homicide. She hopes that by finding out who killed them, she just might get her life back on course.Headstrong and intuitive, Leigh isn?t afraid to face a killer, but she has to do more than that to discover the truth about what happened to those men. She must unravel a web of secrets going back generations, and, in doing so, plumb the darkness within herself.Perfect for fans of Mare of Easttown, this taut debut is a haunting look at how the search for truth often leads back to the most unlikely of places.