num_pages: 384
description: When a teenaged girl disappears from an insular small town all of the communitys most devastating secrets come to light in this stunningly atmospheric and slow-burning suspense novelperfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Celeste Ng.The town of Whistling Ridge guards its secrets.When seventeen-year-old Abigail goes missing her best friend Emma compelled by the guilt of leaving her alone at a party in the woods sets out to discover the truth about what happened. The police initially believe Abi ran away but Emma doesnt believe that her friend would leave without her and when officers find disturbing evidence in the nearby woods the festering secrets and longstanding resentment of both Abigails family and the people of Whistling Ridge Colorado begin to surface with devastating consequences.Among those secrets: Abis older brother Noahs passionate dangerous love for the handsome Rat a recently arrived Romanian immigrant who has recently made his home in the trailer park in town; her younger brother Judes feeling that he knows information he should tell the police if only he could put it into words; Abis fathers mercurial unpredictable rages and her mothers silence. Then there is the rest of Whistling Ridge where a charismatic preacher advocates for Gods love in language that mirrors violence under the sway of the powerful businessman who rules the town insular and wary of outsiders.But Abi had secrets too and the closer Emma grows to unraveling the past the farther she feels from her friend. And in a tinder box of small-town rage and all it will take is just one sparkthe truth of what really happened that nightto change their community forever.
language: English
title: Where the Truth Lies
publisher: Atria Books