Some thrillers hook you with the crime itself, but Jennifer Fawcett’s Keep This for Me lingers because of the questions it raises about what we inherit from our families—by blood, by silence, and by circumstance.
The story begins in 1993 when Fiona Green’s mother, Ana, disappears after a roadside abduction by Eddie Ward, a truck driver later revealed to be a prolific serial killer. Although authorities uncover a mass grave of his victims, Ana’s body is never found. Thirty years later, Eddie Ward is on his deathbed and insists he didn’t kill Ana, leaving Fiona with more questions than answers. Returning to her hometown, she finds herself reliving the past when another young woman vanishes—and this time, suspicion falls on Jason Ward, Eddie’s son.
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