In a coastal Washington town, everyone was shocked when popular student Daniel goes missing and his childhood friend, Jonah, confesses to the murder before committing suicide. While struggling with his son's murder, Isaac, a devote Quaker, takes in a pregnant teenager who shows up at his door. At first her presence seems like a blessing, but as Isaac and Jonah's mother get to know Evangeline, their overlapping pasts threaten to derail the shared future they are building. What Comes After is a slow brooding debut novel that completely draws you in with its character study of the effects of grief, anger, and the need for connection.