One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy\'s car slides off the road in rural Vermont.
James\' Sun Down Motel and other female-driven domestic psychological thrillers today, All Who Wander mines the depths of past transgression, begging the question: do past sins automatically negate future happiness?.
In the vein of Simone St.
As Robert\'s world unravels, he revisits that night twenty-one years ago where everything went wrong, unearthing a horrible, bone-chilling secret.
And forever lurking in the background is Mike Rakowski, Brooke\'s ex, a possessive, abusive drug addict.
Brooke\'s former best friend, Aaron Reardon, still devastated from Brooke\'s disappearance, offers to help.
His wife Stephanie reveals she is unhappy in the marriage and takes their teenage son to visit her sister in PA.
After Lily\'s visit, Robert\'s life is upended.
Now an esteemed professor at a private Upstate New York university, Robert has just received a significant NEH grant.
Since a tumultuous upbringing, Robert, formerly known as Bobby, has enjoyed considerable success.
Twenty-one years later, Robert Kirby, Brooke\'s stepbrother, is paid a visit from a young woman (Lily), claiming to be Brooke\'s daughter.
She is not.
Her car is discovered.
One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy\'s car slides off the road in rural Vermont