MARIA HUMMEL is the author of Motherland, a San Francisco Chronicle Book of the Year. She worked as a writer/editor at MOCA in Los Angeles, then received a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University and taught there for many years. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Vermont, and lives in Vermont with her husband and sons.
A thrilling mystery... still keeps us up at night, it's THAT good - Reese Witherspoon [A] smart, opinionated thriller - The Pool Savvy and lyrical - the perfect beach read - Wall Street Journal A deeply affecting examination of how our culture fetishizes female victims of crime -it will also have readers feverishly turning pages... a stunning achievement - LA Times The fast-paced feminist thriller about the L.A. art world you don't want to miss... An electrifying mystery - Bustle Gripping... the smartest, most original page-turner I've read in a long time - Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements A taut thriller with a delectable final 100 pages. It reaches an addictive pitch that all books of this ilk aspire to... and she writes a hell of an ending - Los Angeles Review of Books A mysterious page turner - Time Magazine