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Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the childhood trauma she's never been able to speak about. Then, to her horror, her husband killed himself on that date.A year later and a thousand miles away, Anna tries to find solace in…

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I was guessing until the end and was wrong the whole time. This one is a mystery and a thriller set in a small West Virginia college town that involves not one but several good murders.

My favorite thing about SG Redling’s writing besides her ability to slowly build suspense is how she rolls through modern West Virginia without treating it like a gawky curiosity. I thought about this book for a week after I finished it.

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