In this literary mystery, a young librarian and amateur genealogist, Laura, turns to sleuthing to cope with her brutal breast cancer treatment. When she makes progress on a cold case — the murder of a mother and two children whose bodies were found 30 years before in the New Mexico national forest — her path merges with Jean’s, the nearly-retired police officer in charge of the case, who is wrestling with her own existential crisis. Ghosts also have a voice in this story, a twist both whimsical and dark. This is a satisfying whodunnit and a haunting novel.

Thanks to Tin House for the advance reader copy!

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