“Alison Gaylin is my new must read” (Harlan Coben). Everyone agrees. The thrilling author of Trashed is “a fresh new talent.”(Perri O’Shaughnessy)

From the moment magazine editor Zoe Greene joins her lover Warren in San Esteban, an idyllic Mexican village, something is strange about the place and its people—from the black crosses that hang throughout the town to the blood-tipped spines of its strange indigenous plants to Warren’s odd disappearances. Then, when tourists are found murdered, Zoe begins to ask questions. At even greater risk, she’s finding the answers.