The Last Summer We Remember: A Dark Young Adult Mystery of Secrets and Betrayal for Ages 1217: Thriller

Five years ago, a girl vanished from Blackwood Bay. Everyone believed the same story. They were wrong.When seventeen-year-old Noah Carter returns to the coastal town he left behind, he expects one quiet summer before moving on with his life.Instead, he finds an old key hidden inside a model sailboat.A key that once belonged to Emily Bennett-the girl who disappeared five years earlier.Together with Emily's younger sister Maya, Noah begins following a trail of forgotten photographs, hidden evidence, anonymous warnings, and secrets buried deep beneath Blackwood Bay.But the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to know who to trust.A respected police officer may be hiding something. A powerful family has secrets of its own. Their parents know far more than they ever admitted.And every new clue seems to point toward a different suspect.Someone has spent five years making sure the truth stays buried.Now they know Noah and Maya are looking.And they are willing to do anything to stop them.The Last Summer We Remember is a fast-paced Young Adult mystery thriller filled with dark secrets, red herrings, unexpected twists, friendship, first love, and a coastal town where everyone remembers the past differently.Perfect for readers who enjoy atmospheric small-town mysteries, missing-person cases, hidden clues, and page-turning YA suspense.