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Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey

Secrets beneath a small-town surface

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Secrets beneath a small-town surface

Set in 1980s Minnesota, the novel places Cassie McDowell’s farm-and-school life against a growing mystery in Lilydale: local boys disappear and return changed, while rumors and accusations spread through the community. When Cassie’s sister is affected too, the search for answers draws her into the town’s hidden history and the uneasy divide between childhood and an adult world shaped by secrecy. The suspense is grounded in a rural community where familiar routines coexist with unsettling events, and the central question of what happened to the missing boys becomes entangled with the consequences of speaking the truth.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in small-town suspense and community secrets.
  • Readers drawn to mysteries involving disappearances, rumors, and accusations.
  • Readers who enjoy stories centered on a young protagonist navigating troubling adult circumstances.

Themes

Small-town secretsDisappearance and rumorTruth and accountabilityComing of age

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Book overview

Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author's hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet--or as safe--as it seems.

Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves school, and has a crush on the nicest boy in class. Yes, there are her parents' strange parties and their parade of deviant guests, but she's grown accustomed to them.

All that changes when someone comes hunting in Lilydale.

One by one, local boys go missing. One by one, they return changed--violent, moody, and withdrawn. What happened to them becomes the stuff of shocking rumors. The accusations of who's responsible grow just as wild, and dangerous town secrets start to surface. Then Cassie's own sister undergoes the dark change. If she is to survive, Cassie must find her way in an adult world where every sin is justified, and only the truth is unforgivable.

(c) 2019 by Jess Lourey, all rights reserved.

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