In the little town of Walton, Georgia, everybody knows your name–but no one knows your secret. At least that’s what Lane Kent is counting on when she returns to her hometown with her five-year-old son. Dangerously depressed after the death of her husband, Lane is looking for hope. What she finds instead is a dead body.
Lane must work with Walton’s newest deputy, Charlie Lynch, to uncover the truth behind the murder. But when that truth hits too close to home, she’ll have to decide if saving the life of another is worth the cost of revealing her darkest secret.
Debut novelist Natalie Walters pulls you to the edge of your seat on the first page and keeps you there until the last in this riveting story that will have you believing no one is defined by their past.
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Summary
"We should be ashamed that so many people are forced to suffer in silence . . . "
Lane Kent suffers in silence, her battle with chronic anxiety and depression leading her to think that the edge of a precipice is safer than the levels of reality. But it was there on the edge, that strength met weakness and hope introduced himself to despair. If only there hadn't been a dead body.
Charlie Lynch arrives in Walton, Georgia to assume the position of deputy sheriff when he is immediately distracted by, or rather attracted to, his new neighbor. Their first meeting was rather bizarre and quickly morphed into something more serious, but the day-to-day version of living so close to Lane Kent and her son Noah, is rather enjoyable.
As Lane and Charlie become entangled in a murder investigation, their hearts become tangled in a different sort of discovery, one that will require Lane to believe that she is "loved, wonderfully made, and has purpose", freeing her to live life out from under the shadow of lies.