A missing sister. A mysterious boy. And a painting that holds the truth beneath its peeling edge...
Inez is missing, but missing things can always be found.
Mae knows this as a fact, even though the police investigation has come to a standstill, even though her parents
are moving on. But when she goes to clear out her older sister’s studio, she finds a mess of research and a
white canvas that seems even older than the ornate frame it is set in. The closer Mae gets to the canvas, the
more difficult it is to pull her eyes away from its mottled surface, its heavy layers of white paint, its peeling top
corner she is tempted to pull to see what’s beneath. But she doesn’t. Not yet.
Mae decides to trace her sister’s last steps in the hopes of finding answers, certain that Inez’s disappearance
is related to the painting. And she knows she is desperate enough to let the strange boy who claims to have
been Inez’s neighbor tag along. Even if his good looks don't help distract from his avoidance of her questions.
So begins a scavenger hunt piecing together what they can find from what Inez left behind. One that leads to
centuries-old questions best left unasked and secrets best kept in the dark.
From the author of A Guide to the Dark comes another romantic and eerie mystery about the lengths we are
willing to go for the truth and the ones we love.
Something is building, simmering just out of reach.
THE ROOM IS WATCHING. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When they are stranded on their College Tour Spring Break Best Friend Road Trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the Middle of Nowhere, Indiana.
Mira can’t shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she’s haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he’s still there.
Layla doesn’t see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run-down, but it has a certain charm she can’t wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she’s too preoccupied with her confusing feelings for Mira to see much else.
But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to figure it out before Mira becomes the ninth.
