Some truths are more poisoned than lies. On the surface, Valerie Brooke appears to have life figured out. A young MBA graduate with a stable career and inherited wealth, she covertly struggles with a valium addiction and panic disorder. Orphaned as a baby, Valerie was raised by her aunt and uncle under the impression her family died in a car accident. Her world shatters when she learns that there was no car accident: Valerie is the lone survivor of an alleged murder-suicide committed by her mother. Convinced her mother is innocent, Valerie sets out to investigate the twenty-year-old crime with the help of a journalist friend, but what comes to light in their investigation is more than Valerie bargained for. Amid scandal and dark family secrets, she watches as her world unravels--each revelation causing her addiction and anxiety to spin more out of control. And the deeper she digs, the more Valerie begins to understand the awful truth: either she is the daughter of a killer, or the murderer roams free. For readers who enjoy Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, and The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell.