Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Release Date: January 10, 2023
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thrillers / Crime
One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son,
Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she
and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and
few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However,
Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally.
Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year.
Isabelle's
entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she
can’t go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or
buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster—but
his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. His incessant
questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable
memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her
recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance, as well as
second-guess who she can trust... including herself. But she is
determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads.
Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past. One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband Ben were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally.
Then: when Isabelle was a child, she had really bad issues with sleepwalking. Her sister Margaret would follow her everywhere. Her sister idolized her. Until one day, Isabelle wakes up and discovers her bedrooms soaking wet carpet, and someone has changed the nightgown she was wearing when she and Margaret went to bed. This one incident as always guided Isabelle's life. She honestly believed for the longest time that she was somehow responsible for Margaret's death, and the fact that she ends up years later being called a baby killer, has really destroyed her life to the point where she is unable to sleep.
In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster named Waylon Spencer. But his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance, as well as second-guess who she can trust... including herself. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads.
As Isabelle and Waylon investigate not only the night Mason disappear, but what happened to Margaret, the reader will once again have to ask themselves who can you trust. Can you trust Waylon who has his own reasons for getting close to Isabelle? Can Isabelle trust her own husband who has not only left the home, but has now started seeing someone new. Can you trust Ben who seems to have easily moved on without caring about what happened to Mason.
This is one of those stories that will boggle your mind to the point of not trusting anyone. Not Isabelle. Not Mason. Not Ben. Not even the police who seem to ignore Isabelle every time she offers a new lead to follow up on. The characters are not morally white, or black. They are not perfect by any means. But when all is said and done, I honestly think you will uncover the mystery of what really happened to Mason and why?
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