Amy Stuart Books in Order

Fleeing her husband and a troubled past, Clare arrives in a remote mining town to investigate a young woman's disappearance. The residents' conflicting secrets draw her deeper into danger while threatening to expose the lies protecting her own identity.

Clare searches for a missing mother and son in High River, a refuge for women escaping their pasts. Posing as an old friend, she discovers that the town's protective secrecy may also be concealing something dangerous.

When her colleague Malcolm disappears, investigator Clare follows his trail to a coastal city and discovers his wife is missing too. A family's buried history complicates her search and forces her to question the man who helped rebuild her life.

As Nadine Walsh prepares a lavish birthday party for her mother, old memories and carefully guarded secrets intrude on the celebrations. Over one increasingly tense day, family pressures build toward a death beneath the festivities upstairs.