Two girls vanish after a summer party in Emerson Bay, North Carolina. One escapes. One never comes home.
Megan McDonald’s miraculous return from captivity turns her into a media sensation, her harrowing story fueling a bestselling book. But Nicole Cutty, the other girl who disappeared that night, is still missing. Her sister Livia, a forensic pathology fellow, has spent a year bracing for the day Nicole’s body will surface.
When another corpse surfaces instead, someone tied to Nicole’s past, Livia is forced to join Megan in unearthing the truth. But Megan’s memories are fractured, haunted by flashes of details she never shared. The closer they get, the darker the connections become.
Charlie Donlea’s The Girl Who Was Taken is a chilling thriller where survival hides secrets more terrifying than death.
