Heather
A Novel
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- ¥1,700
発行者による作品情報
“If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you’ll love Heather. A gritty cold-case detective story, vividly and insightfully written. Not just a story of murder, it’s a thought-provoking and moving meditation on mothers and daughters and the long-reaching consequences of the choices we make.” ―Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fury
A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us.
1990. In the myth-riddled woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sixteen-year-old Annabelle Riley's twin sister, Sabrina, has been having an affair with a mysterious older man, and Annabelle is determined to uncover what's going on. Then, inexplicably, both sisters disappear.
In this same town years later, newly instated police chief Callie Hauser makes an arrest that unexpectedly resurrects details from a heartbreaking cold case. As she digs deeper, the past and the present collide, challenging everything Callie believes about right and wrong, who she is, and the town she's always called home.
A propulsive mystery as incisive as it is forgiving, Heather bears a visceral reminder that the truth of a woman's life is often complicated and unknowable—to those on the outside, and sometimes even to herself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A newly minted police chief uncovers dark truths about her New Jersey Pine Barrens birthplace in this melodramatic mystery from Edgar winner Mullen (Please See Us). When Callie Hauser's best friend, Jane, gets hurt in a hit-and-run, Callie leaves her job as a North Jersey narcotics detective to head up the police force in her hometown of Pine Lakes. Callie aims to bust a local drug ring while helping Jane recover, but her focus shifts upon overhearing gossip regarding her estranged mother, Jenna, after Callie arrests her for drunk driving. Unbeknownst to Callie, when Jenna was 16, she found a dead infant who was never identified. Jenna vanishes before Callie can follow up on the story, further stoking her interest in Baby Doe and the child's rumored ties to Annabelle and Sabrina Riley, twin teens who subsequently disappeared. Mullen intercuts third-person chapters following Callie in 2023 with second-person chapters set in 1990 that place readers in Annabelle's shoes before her disappearance. The tale features some sly red herrings and packs an undeniable punch, but obtuse protagonists, diabolical villains, and overheated plot twists all strain credulity. It's a mixed bag.
