This is a stunning and powerful contemporary love story, from one of the best storytellers in this century. Lilys life is turned upside down with the disappearance of her flat mate, incredible revelations about her family and a personal discovery, all of which will affect her forever... What if everything you believed about your life was a lie? Meet Lily Quinn. She is broke, struggling to finish college, pay her rent, find love. Adrift in bustling New York City, the most interesting things in Lilys life happen to the people around her. But, Lily loves her aimless life! Until, her best friend and roommate Amy disappears. Thats when Spencer Patrick OMalley, a cynical, past his prime NYPD detective with demons of his own, enters Lilys world. And, a sudden fincial windfall, which should bring Lily joy instead becomes an ominous portent of the dark forces gathering around her. But, fate isnt finished with Lily. She finds herself fighting for her life as Spencers search for the missing Amy intensifies, leading Lily to question everything she knew about her friend and family. Startling revelations about the people she loves force her to confront truths that will leave her changed forever. From a master storyteller, comes a new heart-wrenching, magnificent and unputdownable novel. This is the odyssey of two young women, Lily and Amy, roommates and friends on the verge of the rest of their lives.