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It’s the fourth of July and the whole town is gathered at the local pool. Through the sweltering afternoon, we single mothers don’t mix with the other women - the ones with the perfect lives and happy marriages. Women like Sabine Miller. But when Sabine shoots me a desperate look across the water and suddenly disappears, my blood runs cold....

When I left my parents’ home in Kentucky, I never thought I’d see my sister again. For years, we kept a terrible secret, and eventually it tore us apart. But when I get the call to say that my sister has been killed and my teenage niece Hannah is coming to live with us, I leave the past behind. Hannah is family, and I need to keep her safe. I know what could happen to her if I don’t. When my niece arrives, she bonds with my daughter Cassie instantly. But then I hear a scream from the girls’ bedroom. And in the garden, someone has lit a fire. It’s a warning.

It’s a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she’s gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away. Why didn’t I hear her scream? Who took our little girl?

When Sarah Larsen answers the Bird family’s advertisement, her life changes overnight. The job seems like a dream come true: nannying in a glamorous penthouse apartment with a salary that adds several zeroes to her current income. Sarah signs the contract binding her to complete secrecy without a second thought. These are important people, after all—they can't be too careful about who they let into their home. All is well until events in Sarah’s life begin to take a sinister turn and the trail leads back to the Birds. 

The anonymous letters arrive in the mail, one by one: To find out what really happened to Meg, meet at this location. Don’t tell anyone you’re coming. In one night, you’ll find out everything you need to know. Ten years after her murder, the letters tell Meghan’s family exactly when and where to meet: a cliffside home on the Oregon coast. But on the night they’re promised answers, the convicted killer—her high school boyfriend, Cal, who spent only ten years in prison for murder—is found unconscious in his car after it slammed into a tree near the house where the family is sitting and waiting.

To zwyczajne popołudnie, gdy wychodzę przez drzwi kuchenne na patio, żeby sprawdzić, co u mojej pasierbicy, Mii, która pływa w basenie. Ale nie ma jej. Serce zamiera mi w piersi, gdy widzę otwartą tylną bramkę. Byłam kilka metrów dalej. Dlaczego nie słyszałam jej krzyków? KTO ZABRAŁ NASZĄ DZIEWCZYNKĘ? Mój mąż nie rozumie, jak mogłam pozwolić na to, żeby nasza córka zniknęła. Widzę, że śledczy mi nie wierzą. Uważają mnie za złą macochę. Detektyw ciągle pyta mnie, co robiłam przez te pięć minut, kiedy Mia zniknęła.