The Other Girl: A Novel (English Edition)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Justice for Sara and The First Wife Erica Spindler comes The Other Girl, a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought shed put behind her. "Explosive. Publishers Weekly (starred review) A fantastic thriller from one of the best in the genre! RT Reviews A horrific crime. One witnessa fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of the tracks, one known for lying and her own brushes with the law. Is it any surprise no one believed her? Officer Miranda Rader of the Harmony, Louisiana PD is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisisbut that wasnt always so. Miranda comes from the town of Jasper, a place about the size of a good spit on a hot day, and her side of the tracks was the wrong one. Shes worked hard to earn the respect of her coworkers and the community. When Miranda and her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the towns most beloved college professors, theyre unprepared for the brutality of the scene. This murder is unlike any theyve ever investigated, and just when Miranda thinks shes seen the worst of it, she finds a piece of evidence that chills her to the core: a faded newspaper clipping about that terrible night fifteen years ago. The night shed buried, along with her past and the girl shed been back then. Until now that grave had stayed sealed...except for those times, in the deepest part of the night, when the nightmares came: of a crime no one believed happened and the screams of the girl they believed didnt exist. Then another man turns up dead, this one a retired cop. Not just any copthe one who took her statement that night. Two murders, two very different men, two killings that on the surface had nothing in commonexcept Miranda.