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rdinary New Yorkers are brought together in a story of betrayal, race, what connects us to each other – and what sets us apart.

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown. Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla’s black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant.

During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry. When Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman…

‘A lush study of relationships’ RAVEN LEILANI

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Publication: 7 Aug 2025, Vintage

ISBN: 9781529940329

Extent: 352 pages

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      Description

      rdinary New Yorkers are brought together in a story of betrayal, race, what connects us to each other – and what sets us apart.

      Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown. Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla’s black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant.

      During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry. When Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman…

      ‘A lush study of relationships’ RAVEN LEILANI

      Paperback
      Publication: 7 Aug 2025, Vintage

      ISBN: 9781529940329

      Extent: 352 pages

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