Kimi Cunningham Grant Livres

In a remote Appalachian cabin, a father and daughter confront their past in a gripping tale of suspense. For four years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation, away from electricity and the outside world. Cooper prefers this seclusion, harboring secrets that weigh heavily on him. Finch, raised on the cabin's books and the harsh realities of wilderness life, begins to question the sheltered existence her father has crafted. Their only connections are Scotland, a seemingly friendly hermit with unclear motives, and Jake, an old friend who brings supplies each winter. This year, however, Jake fails to arrive, triggering a series of events that threaten their fragile safety. The boundaries of their secluded life blur when a stranger enters their woods, and Finch's fascination with this newcomer could endanger them both. As a shocking disappearance disrupts the only life Finch has known, Cooper must choose between continuing to hide or confronting the painful truths of his past. This atmospheric and tense narrative explores themes of survival, sacrifice, and the lengths a father will go to protect his child.

A young girl growing up in rural Pennsylvania eschews her Japanese heritage until she learns the details of the time her grandmother spent in an internment camp along with 112,000 other Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

When Transom Shultz goes missing shortly after returning to his sleepy hometown of Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, his secrets are not the only ones that threaten to emerge. Red, the sheriff, is haunted by the possibility that a crime Transom was involved in seventeen years earlier—a crime Red secretly helped cover up—may somehow be linked to his disappearance. Possum, the victim of that crime, wants revenge. Laney will do anything to keep Transom quiet about the careless mistake they made that could jeopardize her budding relationship. And Chase, once a close friend, reels from Transom’s betrayal of buying his family’s farm under false pretenses and ruthlessly logging it and leasing the mineral rights to Marcellus shale frackers. As the search for Transom Shultz heats up and the inhabitants’ dark and tangled histories unfold, each one must decide whether to live under the brutal weight of the past or try to move beyond it.

A novel of suspense in which a wilderness guide teams up with the ex-boyfriend who ruined her life years ago when the friend who introduced them goes missing.