When psychotherapist Charlotte Crown is suspended after a client is linked to his daughter’s disappearance, she’s desperate for a lifeline. Dr. Bannon, a charismatic psychiatrist, approaches her with an unconventional offer to join his private practice, where therapy isn’t just about healing – it’s about stopping crimes before they happen. As Charlotte enters this shadowy world, she quickly realizes that her new clients aren’t typical offenders. There’s Willow, the botanist haunted by nightmares of her toxic garden; Nathan, an arsonist at war with his own flames; Elijah, a cult leader losing grip on his flock; Grace, a seductive black widow chasing her next deadly romance; and Isabella, a cold-blooded fixer seeking answers to her own emptiness. They’re all here for therapy, or so it seems. When a string of mysterious murders surfaces, the line between patient and predator begins to blur. As Charlotte digs deeper, she uncovers chilling connections to her own past, her sister’s death, which may not have been the accident she believed. Caught in a web of lies and danger, Charlotte must untangle the truth before she becomes the next victim. But in a room full of miscreants, no one is innocent – and some secrets are worth killing for.
In a town that buries its secrets as deeply as its dead, one young woman dares to dig them up.
Coco Hancock knows death. As an apprentice at Fletcher’s Funeral Home in the coastal town of Mystic Beach, she’s grown used to the hush of mourning and the steady rhythm of grief. But something feels off about the funeral for sixteen-year-old Ersilia Solomon.
Then Coco finds Ersilia’s journal.
Inside are chilling clues that suggest a darker truth. As Coco delves deeper into the community’s murky waters, she learns that things are not what they seem. To make things worse, she learns that these people are connected to her own mother’s death years before.
Coco must risk everything to expose the truth before she becomes the next target. As she fights to bring justice to the silenced, Coco will discover that some battles don’t end with a funeral. They begin there.