Innocence Road

Laura Griffin

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Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
09 December 2025

Crime & Mystery

Detective Leanne Everhart swore she'd never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas-but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.

Detective Leanne Everhart swore she'd never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas-but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.

Leanne Everhart knows women have something to fear in her artsy hometown, especially so if they're not rich, white locals. Returning to town after her father's death, she sees the ugliest sides of an area that draws people for its severe, untamed natural landscape.

While her department faces mounting backlash over a recent wrongful conviction in the long-ago murder case of a popular local teenager-which is now unsolved-Leanne is called to a fresh crime scene at the edge of the desert. A nameless woman was found murdered, with no clues as to her identity. As Leanne digs into the crime scene evidence, she grows convinced this latest murder case is linked with the local teenager's murder. And to multiple cold cases, all unnamed female victims, that have all been shelved by her department without leads.

Now, with conflicted loyalties and without allies, Leanne must hunt down a serial killer, one who's been preying on local women for

two decades, growing bolder and more ruthless with every strike.

By: Laura Griffin
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9780593819319
ISBN 10: 0593819314
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 09 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Laura Griffin is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty books and novellas. She is a two-time RITA Award winner, as well as the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award.

Reviews for Innocence Road

""Innocence Road puts generational trauma and buried secrets front and center with a twisty plot and big surprises. A story that asks if justice is really for all that will stay with readers long after the final page.""—Vanessa Lillie, bestselling author of Blood Sisters “On some roads, innocence isn’t easy to come by. When no one seems to care about the nameless, apparently friendless women who have been murdered and left by the side of the desolate desert road, Detective Leanne Everhart steps in to uncover the truth – and unearths more than she bargained for. Full of tragic secrets, family drama, and harrowing twists, Laura Griffin’s suspenseful, insightful novels never disappoint.”—New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell