For Olivia, family secrets run deeper, and darker, than she was prepared for. But when her estranged father, long shrouded in mystery, reaches out with a final request for her to ghostwrite his last book, she must decide whether unearthing his secrets is worth exposing her own.

While I understand the premise of Olivia being a ghostwriter was meant to emphasize her need for anonymity, it ended up feeling a bit disconnected from the rest of the story. I think the narrative might have been stronger if she had simply been portrayed as a writer, without the vague explanations about why her identity had to remain hidden.

That said, I really enjoyed the concept that Olivia had to  unravel the mystery that has haunted her to finally move on in her personal life. And through her process of  writing her father’s book, Olivia is forced to confront the truth about her family and what really happened to the aunt and uncle she never knew, and whether her father is the killer everyone believes him to be. 

*Thank you to Julie Clark, Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.