TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,James AU - Barker,J.D. TI - Confessions of the dead SN - 9781538758922 AV - PS3566.A822 C667 2024 U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2024/// CY - New York, NY PB - Grand Central Publishing KW - Teenage girls KW - Fiction KW - Sheriffs KW - Small cities KW - Lakes KW - New Hampshire KW - Psychological fiction KW - Suspense fiction KW - lcgft KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Horror fiction KW - Novels KW - Romans KW - rvmgf N2 - "Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate--zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can't--or won't-answer any questions. She won't even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn't appear on any map..."--Dust jacket flap ER -