An international bestseller with over two million copies sold, this is a story of an artist´s desire for beauty and the ultimate corruption of innocence. 

It’s May 23, and small town Promise Falls finds itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe with dozens dead from a flu-like virus. Investigator Cal Weaver quickly zeros in on mass poisoning and a tainted water supply.
 
Meanwhile, a college student has been murdered, and Detective Barry Duckworth recognizes a killer’s handiwork from the unsolved homicides of two women in town. Suddenly, the strange events from the last month start to add up….Bloody mannequins in car “23” of an abandoned Ferris wheel…a fiery, out-of-control bus with “23” on the back…“23” on the hoodie of a man accused of assault.

Ani Fanelli has the perfect life. But behind her shrp edges and meticulously crafted facade lies the darkest of pasts...When a documentary producer invites ani to tell her side of the chilling and violent incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Bradley school, she hopes it will present an opportunity to prove how far she´s turned her life around since then. She´ll even let the production company film her lavish wedding: the final step in her transformation. But as the wedding and filming converge, Ani´s immaculate veneer starts to crack. Will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for - or will it, at long last, set her free