The narrator's torch passes among Natalie, Kit, and a third woman who goes unidentified until the novel's midpoint. Although the genre-savvy will see the twists coming from miles away, Wrobel manages to keep the lines of her narrative pulled taut here. With a blizzard coming in to prevent all travel back to the mainland and Wisewood staff growing increasingly hostile toward her, Nat's racing against a ticking clock to accomplish her mission and get back to her normal life. While her sister turns out to be an elusive presence on the island, Nat can't shake the feeling that someone is tailing her. When Nat shows up, the other residents of Wisewood refuse to give Nat any information about Kit, citing rules which prevent friends or family members from attending together.

Kit has spent the last six months at Wisewood, a self-improvement retreat that requires attendees to give up all connections, including contact with friends and family and all forms of physical affection. When a mysterious emailer threatens to reveal her darkest secret, Natalie Collins journeys from Boston to an isolated island off the Maine coast to confess the truth to her flighty younger sister, Kit.

With her second novel, the author of Darling Rose Gold (2020) brings more multi-point-of-view fun to thriller fans.

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