The Quiet Between

Eighteen years ago, Mara Voss left Hollow Creek after her best friend, Natalie Lindqvist, vanished without a trace.Now a homicide detective in Philadelphia, Mara has spent nearly two decades trying to outrun the questions Natalie left behind. But when Mara's younger sister, Ivy, disappears from the same stretch of woods tied to Natalie's case, Mara is forced to return to the town she swore she would never call home again.What she finds is a community built on secrets, powerful families, buried evidence, and people who learned long ago that silence can be safer than the truth.As Mara digs deeper, she begins to question everyone-including Cole Bennett, Hollow Creek's sheriff, her first love, and the man who lied about where he was the night Natalie disappeared.Someone in Hollow Creek has spent eighteen years protecting what happened.And now that Ivy has uncovered the truth, they are willing to make sure she never tells anyone.Some towns keep their secrets buried. Hollow Creek keeps them alive.