Ava Montgomery fled the small Oregon town of Reachwood fourteen years ago after the discovery of Adam Albright's body in the forest shattered her young life. A violent divorce sends her running back to her parents' house with her troubled daughter Marjorie in tow. It doesn't take long for Ava to fall back in with her old crowd, including Victoria Gallagher--Ava's high school best friend and ex-lover, now unhappily married to a wealthy husband. Meanwhile, Marjorie becomes intrigued by the forest, fascinated by an urban legend about its secret power. When the body of a missing child is found in those same woods, the dark past begins to repeat itself. After a knife is left on Ava's doorstep and a threatening message appears on her front door, she wonders if her friends have something to do with the newest crime. As Marjorie becomes obsessed with the infamous murder, and old friendships and feuds reignite, Ava is drawn back into the forest to confront her own role in its violent history--before her daughter becomes its next prey. -- Adapted from Goodreads.