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Clare is hired to track them down, hoping against all odds to find them alive. But High River isn't your typical town. It's a place where women run to--women who want to escape their past. They run to Helen Haines, a matriarch who offers them safe haven and anonymity. Pretending to be Sally's long-lost friend, Clare turns up and starts asking questions, but nothing prepares her for the swirl of deception and the depth of the lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid Sally drown? Did her son? Was it an accident, or is their disappearance part of something bigger?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a town where secrets are crucial to survival, everyone is hiding something. Detectives Somers and Rourke clearly have an ulterior motive beyond solving the case. Malcolm Boon, who hired Clare, knows more about her than he reveals. And Helen is concealing a tragic family history of her own. 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