A 2022 Goldies Finalist

A missing sister, an unexpected romance, an impossible mystery…

Nothing ever happens in Whispering Oaks.

The air is clean; uncorrupted by a tawdry downtown. Birds twitter. Crime is nigh non-existent. It’s the picture-perfect suburb with all the effects of classy restaurants and diverse nightlife. Not to mention block parties marked by face-forward flattery and back-biting.

Cassidy Linden hates it. Rather, the false mystique of it all disturbs her.

Nothing ever happens in Whispering Oaks.

So, when Cassidy’s younger sister vanishes one night, it’s not just surprising, it’s unfathomable-the only trace of her disappearance a trail of red petals and her cell phone left in the grass of her backyard.

No witnesses.

No suspects.

A police department who claim to be doing everything they can, and the poorly-timed return of a family friend.

When a one-night stand with the charming, enigmatic Ashlyn Castille reveals an unforeseen connection, Ashlyn and Cassidy realize they have more in common than either expected.

But one thing is certain, seventeen-year-old girls don’t just disappear. Someone must have taken her. Can Cassidy prove it in time to bring her little sister home? Or is she a fated anomaly?

The perfect mystery for a perfect suburbia.