Keep This for Me: A Novel [Hardcover]

“Gripping and suspenseful all the way to its shocking end.”—Ana Reyes,New York Timesbestselling author

The acclaimed author of the “chilling, mesmerizing debut” (Rachel Harrison, author ofThe Return)Beneath the Stairsreturns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer’s connection to her mother’s disappearance—for fans ofI Have Some Questions for YouandNotes on an Execution.

One hot August night in 1993, a young couple go to a party. When their car breaks down, they are picked up by a truck driver who attacks the man and abducts the woman. She is never seen again.

That woman was Fiona Green’s mother. When the trucker, Eddie Ward, is caught, a mass grave of bodies is discovered in his backyard but Fiona’s mother isn’t there.

Now, on his prison deathbed, Ward insists that he didn’t kill her. Fiona finds herself back in the small town where her mother disappeared and is left stunned when history repeats itself: another woman, another roadside breakdown, and another disappearance. Only this time the primary suspect is Jason Ward, Eddie’s son. Desperate, Fiona hunts down answers, unaware that she is being drawn into a dangerous trap.

“Raw and lyrical” (Sarah Crouch,USA TODAYbestselling author),Keep This for Meis a fresh, spellbinding exploration of what we unwillingly inherit from our parents and how one random act can send ripples years into the future.Before writing books, Jennifer Fawcett was an award-winning playwright and cofounder of the theater company Working Group. She is the author of Beneath the Stairs. Born and raised in Canada, she spent a decade living in the Midwest before settling in the Hudson Valley. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Her plays have been published by Original lS}