One of the hundred books a year I read:

Madeline Martin bears the scars as the only surviving victim of Evan Hardy, a man serving life in prison for the murder of her best friend and the prime suspect in the disappearance of two more of Madeline’s friends. Despite her past, she has built a life in her old hometown as the owner of a thriving business.

A few days before Christmas, Harley Granger, failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, appears in her shop wanting to know what really happened that fateful night. If Evan is the right suspect, why have more women disappeared in the years since? And where is Lolly, a woman who vanished on her way home from work just a few days before?

Madeline would like to dismiss Harley as nothing more than a fame seeker. The problem is she doesn’t really remember what happened that night with Evan. And, worse, she still has feelings for Evan and marvels at his annual Christmas presents that arrive in the mail anonymously. How is he getting those out of prison?

Enlisting the reluctant help of her childhood best friend, Badger, she sets off on a dangerous mission to uncover her questions.