Her Buried Secret

Her Buried Secret is the fifth Rosemary Run novel from Kelly Utt, a domestic suspense series set in a well-kept Northern California town where the neighbours are pleasant and the past is not.

Penelope Cline and her three closest friends know more about the night a young woman disappeared than they ever told the police. For years the silence held. When remains are found and the investigation turns toward a man Penelope is fairly sure is innocent, the arrangement between the four women starts to come apart, and she has to decide what her conscience is actually worth.

Utt writes tight, suburban-scale suspense — the threat is not a stranger in the dark but the people at the next table. Each Rosemary Run book centres a different household, so this reads on its own, though returning readers will recognise the town.