<p>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author comes a psychological thriller exploring the things we dare to do when no one is looking . . .</p><p>The community along Oregon's Deschutes River is one of successful careers and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all - security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie.</p><p>Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible - except to Liz.</p><p>It took one fleeting moment for her to change the lives of everyone she loves - a heartrending accident that can't be undone. Neither can the second-worst mistake of her life: concealing it. As two marriages crack and buckle in grief and fear, Liz retreats into her own dark place of guilt, escalating paranoia - and betrayals even she can't imagine. Because there's another good neighbor who has his own secrets, his own pain, and his own reasons for watching Liz's every move. </p><p>And only he knows that the mystery of the missing boy on the Deschutes River is far from over.</p>
