What We’ll Burn Last by Heather Chavez (Hardcover)

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Fiction – Thrillers – Psychological – Suspense\nRELEASE DATE: 7\/23\/2024 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)\nFrom the acclaimed author ofBefore She Finds Mecomes a sharp and surprising thriller about two entangled families in a California neighborhood who must race to find answers about a missing teenage girl as a wildfire crackles to life nearby . . .\nThree women.\nWhen she was twelve, Leyna Clarke watched her older sister, Grace, walk away from their Sierra Nevada foothills home with her boyfriend, Adam Duran. Neither was ever seen again.Sixteen years later, a stranger who looks like Grace shows up at the restaurant where Leyna worksand vanishes soon after. When it comes out that Leyna was one of the last people to have talked with the young woman, Leynas childhood crush Dominic, who is also Adams brother, pleads with her to do the last thing she wants to do: come home.\nThree secrets.\nBut Leyna isnt the only one who hasnt been able to leave that fateful night behind. Her mother, Meredith, still lives in the familys old homeeven if she claims to believe the polices theory that Grace and Adam were willing runaways. Down the street, Adam and Dominics mother Olivia has also stayed, determined to be there when her son finally returns. . . and to prove that Meredith and Leyna have been hiding something all these years. But the past isnt the only threat to the two families, or the missing girl. As a wildfire sparks, tempers flare and intentions turn deadly. Because someone in the neighborhood knows what really happened that nightand just how good the forest is at keeping its secrets.\nWho will you trust?\nAUTHOR BIO:\nHeather Chavezis a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley’s English literature program and has worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, and contributor to mystery and television blogs. She lives with her family in Santa Rosa, California. She’s the author of the thrillersBefore She Finds Me,No Bad Deed, andBlood Will Tell.\n\”Crackling with tension and dark secrets,What We’ll Burn Lastis a complex and startling mystery with beautifully drawn characters, excellent writing, and sharp insights on family and loyalty.\”–Robyn Harding, author of The Drowning Woman