Survived By

Lauren Washington is survived by her mother's murder, by her boyfriend's suicide, and by every secret she was never supposed to find.

She was nine years old when her mother was gunned down in the streets of Bankhead, Atlanta. No arrest. No explanation. The case went cold. Lauren learned early that surviving meant going numb, and that the blank pages of a diary were the only place she could safely tell the truth.

Twenty years later, Lauren has built a life that looks nothing like where she cam...