Oh what a great start to a Detective series.

Van Reed grew up in a nightmarish place, but after she was able to be taken away from that place.. Became a cold case detective. She is put on as lead to a 1980s mystery where 3 girls went into the woods near their home and only one came out.... One who had no recollection of what happened.

Van was so nuanced and flawed and holds a VERY big secret and she was just this interesting specimen of a human.  Harry, her counterpart is also interesting.

The ending is a shocker in a lot of ways. The villain of the story was creepy and had a bit of a "gag reflex" quality to me.
There are endings to the cold case but also there are things that are left open to pave way for book 2 and I can't wait to see what's next for these two MCs!