Book overview
In the quiet coastal town of St. Henderson, girls disappear and no one asks too many questions.
They run away. They get reckless. They leave.
That's what the town tells itself when seventeen-year-old Zelda Schulz's sister, Jaybird, vanishes without a trace. No body. No evidence. No investigation. Life goes on. But for Zelda, it never does.
When a teenage girl is found murdered on the beach during spring break, everything changes. Clutched in the girl's hand is Jaybird's necklace. For the first time, Zelda believes the truth might finally surface.
Driven by grief and suspicion, Zelda reopens her secret murder board and zeroes in on her main suspect, an English teacher who seems a little too interested in his students. But every lead comes up empty, and the town remains determined to look the other way.
Then an anonymous envelope arrives at the doorstep of Zelda's ex-boyfriend.
Inside is a promise: the truth about Jaybird's disappearance in exchange for a favor.
If Zelda plays along, she may finally uncover what happened to her sister.
If she refuses, the sender warns, more missing girls will turn into bodies and Jaybird's truth will disappear forever.
In a town built on silence, Zelda must decide who to trust before she becomes the last missing girl.
A gripping YA mystery about loss, secrets, and what happens when a town would rather forget its missing girls than find them.
