Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other, in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow.
Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective-or she was, before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing: the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.
Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her housecleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town but she sees and hears everything.
The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put their town on the map with a giant music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs.When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.
Story Locale: Small coastal town and Sussex, England
