Will the truth bring peaceтАФor pain? A тАЬonce-in-a-lifetime masterpieceтАЭ by the Edgar AwardтАУwinning author (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Mystery writer Paul Graves, a man with a painful past, has come to an artistsтАЩ retreat in New YorkтАЩs quiet, picturesque Hudson Valley. But his purpose for being there is not a pleasant escape. HeтАЩs been tasked with something more unusual.
Long ago, when Riverwood was a private estate, a teenage girl was murdered thereтАФa crime that remains unsolved to this day. Now the victimтАЩs elderly mother is dying, and her final wish is to learn what happened to her daughter. For the sake of this grieving woman, Graves has been asked to craft a story that answers her questions and provides a sense of closure. But he may have to choose between truth and kindness . . .
тАЬEerie suspense . . . Although itтАЩs easy to miss the very real clues that Cook drops so artfully into the story, thereтАЩs no ignoring his savage imagery, or escaping the airless chambers of his disturbing imagination.тАЭ тАФThe New York Times Book Review
тАЬ[An] indelibly haunting tale that once again demonstrates that he is among the best in the business.тАЭ тАФPublishers Weekly (starred review)
тАЬHypnotic.тАЭ тАФMinneapolis Star-Tribune