Pretty Little Thing

It’s been over a decade since renowned author Beckett Ryan set foot in her bleak childhood hometown on the southern coast of England. When her estranged parents die within a week of each other, she reluctantly returns to bury them, only to find herself as reviled in the community as they were revered.

Of course, the locals didn’t really know her parents. Nobody did.

Then a warm welcome emerges from the sea of cold faces: Le...