Comeback Girl Books in Order

A family medical emergency brings a struggling woman home, where clearing her mother’s hoarded belongings reveals clues to a school friend’s disappearance. The December installment concludes this mystery of family estrangement, buried secrets, and an uneasy homecoming.

Novelist Jane Hunnicut returns to Alabama for a family emergency and finds her mother has become a hoarder. This July installment opens Comeback Girl, linking a difficult homecoming to a friend's disappearance.

The August installment of Comeback Girl continues Jane Hunnicut's return to her estranged family. Clearing her childhood home brings her mother's hoarding and the mystery of a vanished high-school friend into focus.

Comeback Girl's September episodes follow Jane Hunnicut as she confronts the family life she left behind. Her efforts to clear her childhood home connect that difficult reunion with a friend's long-ago disappearance.

The October installment continues Comeback Girl's story of a novelist called home by a medical emergency. Jane faces her mother's hoarding and information concerning the disappearance of her high-school best friend.

This November installment continues Jane Hunnicut's uneasy return to her rural family. Her mother's hoarding and a friend's disappearance intertwine as the novelist confronts the past she hoped to escape.