A group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman in this electric
novel of secrets connection and community. **A ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB PICK** 'Absolutely
unputdownable' CLAIRE LOMBARDO author of The Most Fun We Ever Had 'Riveting and original'
CHARMAINE WILKERSON author of Black Cake Brooklyn 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde
blue-eyed pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown.
Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier the restless
teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt nor Darla's black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi
who stay behind to save their restaurant. During an upstate hike Theo lets slip a long-held
secret about his mixed-up ancestry. When Darla disappears after the ensuing argument he
suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the
perfect missing woman... 'A lush study of relationships' RAVEN LEILANI author of Luster
'As gripping as it is clever' i PAPER 'Astounding ... We're so lucky to have it ' BRYAN
WASHINGTON author of Memorial 'A marvel... A masterpiece' PAUL HARDING author of This
Other Eden 'Glorious' GARY SHTEYNGART author of Our Country Friends
