ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES?COS NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024PEOPLE MAGAZINE?COS #1 BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF NPR?COS ?C?BOOKS WE LOVE?C? 2024ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE?COS ?C?100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024?C??C?Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt?COs 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.?C? ?CoMaureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR?C?This expertly paced thriller ?C?has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries.?C? ?CoThe New YorkerWhen a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collideEarly morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn?COt just any thirteen-year-old: she?COs the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region?COs residents. And this isn?COt the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara?COs older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore?COs multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore?COs most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.