Love, Mom

Mackenzie Casper is a strong student, but in her town she is known first as the daughter of a thriller writer with readers around the world. When her mother dies in an accident, fans mourn in public. Investigators begin to ask whether the death was an accident at all.

On the day of the memorial, an envelope arrives for Mackenzie, signed From #1 fan with a row of kisses and hugs. Inside are pages torn from her mother's diary. The first page opens with an offer of a secret and closes with the words Love, Mom. A second envelope comes, then a third.

Mackenzie decides to look into it herself. As she reads, she learns that her family has spent years living around something no one named. The book follows what her mother did while building her career, who else knew about it, and the chance that it caught up with her in the end.

The story centres on a young protagonist, told through her search and the diary pages that keep arriving. Each envelope opens a new question about a famous woman and the secret her family has carried.