Gone at First Light: A Novel

A seaside town. A savage murder. A family bound by secrets that refuse to stay buried.

When beloved Laguna Beach therapist Mary Purefoy is found bludgeoned to death in her oceanfront bungalow, Detective Walt Torrance is assigned the case he never wanted—and cannot walk away from. Mary wasn’t just a victim. She was his former sister-in-law, his brother’s first great love, and a woman woven into the fabric of his own past.

As Walt combs through a crime scene steeped in rage rather than robbery,...