Secrets in the Sycamores

Alex Michaelides meets Riley Sager in this multi-layered, twisty debut about the price of family secrets and how, sometimes, those secrets will change the course of who you thought you’d be forever.

When Tate Daniels takes a job in Lost Grove, Virginia, he thinks he’s found the job of a lifetime—care for the town’s elderly owner in her lavish manor while living on-site in her guest cottage rent-free.

Every town has its secrets, however, and it isn’t long before whispers of Lost Grove’s dark past permeate the air. Children in Lost Grove tend to disappear, and the town thinks Tate’s new boss is to blame.

Determined to learn why, Tate digs into the Woodway family’s past, but what he discovers puts an unexpected target on his back. Someone’s been watching him, and the closer he gets to the truth, the more desperate they become.

With his life on the line, Tate must unravel the tangled threads of the town’s history before he, too, becomes a buried secret beneath the sycamore trees.