The Housewarming: A Novel

In a haunting novel of psychological suspense a summer getaway gone wrong rips apart a group of lifelong friends thrusting their story into the true crime spotlight—and potentially their secrets too. For five friends vacationing on Block Island it was a summer to remember. How could they forget it when only four made it back to the mainland? Now half a decade after Zoe Gilbert’s unsolved disappearance Callie Sutter invites estranged friends Meg Tess and Lindsey—the last to see Zoe on that fateful trip—to reunite on the anniversary of the mystery that tore them apart. Back on Block Island Callie reasons they can come together again memorialize Zoe allay old resentments and recriminations and put the past to rest. But it won’t be so easy. Patricia Adele a true crime podcaster who once made a name for herself by casting suspicion on Zoe’s surviving friends all those years ago is most eager for the reunion. She’s resurfaced with a book proposal claimin