From the author of The Remaking, a mind-bending psychological thriller for fans of horror and true crime, inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.
And though Sean doesn t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies..
Now, thirty years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did.
When Sean s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation and Sean and his mother are left holding the match. and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. . .
Like most mothers of the 1980s, she s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table .
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. . .
Richard doesn t have a birthday but Sean does .
Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it.
For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia.
Richard doesn t have a past.
From the author of The Remaking, a mind-bending psychological thriller for fans of horror and true crime, inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the 1980s
