Matt Walker's ex-wife calls him in the middle of the night, her voice shaking. When he arrives at their old home, police cars line the street and detectives swarm the house. Inside, she's battered and sobbing. She runs straight into his arms in front of everyone.

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Matt has no idea what happened. But the detectives are watching him closely.

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Shaken, he returns to his new life with his new wife at their secluded lakeside retreat in the Oregon wilderness, hoping to forget the nightmare. But the next morning, a body washes up on their shore.

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And once again, Matt is at the center of a violent crime he can't explain. 

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Detective Mara Graley has built her career on reading people and untangling lies. Something about this case doesn't add up—but her instincts tell her Matt is innocent. Her rookie partner disagrees. He's convinced Walker is guilty and wants to take him down.

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As the investigation spirals deeper into Matt's past and present, dark family secrets surface, alibis crumble, and nothing is what it seems. The closer Mara gets to the truth, the more she realizes someone has been playing a very dangerous game.

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And Matt Walker might be the next victim—or the perfect suspect.

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For readers of Lisa Jewell, Chelsea Cain, and Allen Eskens.