“ We Lie Here is definitive proof that it’s impossible to be disappointed by Rachel Howzell Hall, who just gets better and better with each book. “Rachel Howzell Hall continues to shatter the boundaries of crime fiction through the sheer force of her indomitable talent.” -S. More, please.” -Tracy Clark, author of the Chicago Mystery series “In We Lie Here, Rachel Howzell Hall gives us a tight, lean, eye-level look at the Gibson family-flawed, normal, abnormal, and each affected by a deadly secret left buried for years-while weaving a page-turning tapestry of dread, cold-blooded murder, and nail-biting tension. Get this book and relax with the knowledge that you are in the hands of a fantastic crime novelist.” -Adrian McKinty, Edgar Award–winning author of the Sean Duffy series I was on the edge of my seat through all the revelations, twists, and turns in a fast-paced third act. “ We Lie Here is another fast and surprisingly funny thriller from Rachel Howzell Hall. She remains a writer to watch.” - Publishers Weekly A less accomplished writer might not have been able to be as convincing with occasional situational constructs that stretch credulity, but Hall pulls all of it off with aplomb. “Hall exhibits a mastery of slowly building pressure-cooker tension until it explodes. Uncovering the truth about what happened at the cabin all those years ago will change Yara’s life-or end it. The deeper Yara digs for answers, the more she fears that Felicia was right. What secrets was Felicia hiding? How much of what Yara knows about her family has been true? In the basement are files related to a mysterious tragedy, unsolved since 1998.

Before she died, Felicia left Yara a key to a remote lakeside cabin. But Yara can’t forget Felicia, who keeps texting, insisting that Yara talk to her “before it’s too late.”īut the next day is already too late for Felicia, whose body is found floating in Lake Palmdale. But they’ve been estranged for years-drama best ignored and forgotten. The message is from Felicia Campbell, who claims to be a childhood friend of Yara’s mother.

Everything is going to plan until Yara receives a disturbing text: I have information that will change your life. But she’s back to host her parents’ twentieth-anniversary party and find the perfect family mementos for the celebration. TV writer Yara Gibson’s hometown of Palmdale, California, isn’t her first choice for a vacation. A woman’s trip home reveals frightening truths in a twisty novel of murder and family secrets by the New York Times bestselling author of And Now She’s Gone and These Toxic Things.

City of Saviors by Rachel Howzell Hall