One Puzzling Afternoon: A Novel

"A clever, keep-'em-guessing murder mystery, an empathetic yet realistic portrayal of the toll dementia takes, and a meditation on how the brain can bury the most tragic memories...An outstanding must-read." —Booklist, STARRED review

One glimpse can unlock six decades of silence.

When eighty-four-year-old Edie Green sees her childhood friend Lucy—vanished without a trace in 1951—walking down the street as if nothing has changed, her family chalks it up to confusion. But Edie is sure of what s...