Before becoming a novelist, Cara Hoffman worked as an investigative reporter covering New York State's rural and Rust Belt communities, where she reported on crime. This is her first novel.
Dark, atmospheric tale of murder in a small-town world. * Stylist * Intelligent and gripping stuff * Financial Times * Beautiful ... what begins as the suspenseful story of a rural American murder grows into a dark, disquieting and urgently fascinating examination of the violence and concealment practised by a whole society ... this is an impassioned, intelligent and important work of art. -- Chris Cleave A passionately angry ... and shocking book. Cara Hoffman not only discovers the heart of darkness in small town Haeden, but brilliantly dissects it. -- Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister A mixture of The Lovely Bones and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo * Booklist *