Twelve years ago, a storm tore through Hollow Pines and carried Mara Whitlow into the river-or so the town believed. The search was called off. The case went cold. And Clara Johnson's mother sent her away to live with an aunt, desperate to keep her safe.Then a letter arrives."If you want truth, go back to the hollow"Now Clara is back in the town that built its silence on that night. The deeper she digs, the more she feels the heat of what her mother tried to warn her about-truth like fire, spreading fast, devouring everything it touches.As the secrets unravel and the past closes in, Clara begins to see the storm for what it really was.For fans of Freida McFadden, Tana French, and Riley Sager, Hollow Pines is a slow-burn psychological thriller about guilt, buried memory, and the dangerous weight of remembering the truth.