She tries to forget that time she covered up a murder. But with another alarming disappearance, is there a killer hiding in plain sight? Sara "Lou" Loudowski is freaking out. Hearing that a high schooler has vanished from her insular hometown, she relives dark memories of helping a classmate drive off with a dead body in the trunk long ago. And her nerves hit a breaking point when she discovers an old crush is the father of the last kid to see the currently missing young woman alive. Struggling with her attraction to two guys who are neck-deep in dredged-up bad memories, Lou spins yet more lies to conceal the years-old-killing. But she's tormented by worry that she's protecting an unstable vigilante when a shocking face from the past returns to town. Can she untangle a complex web before a grim secret explodes with vengeance? Their Confessions & My Lies is a chilling standalone mystery. If you like multifaceted characters, page-turning suspense, and dashes of humor, then you'll love TJ Makkai's twisty thriller.