In a small town, everone knows everyone else's business.
But in Brindle, Oregon, there's a secret nobody wants to
see.
Brindle is a dying town, each generation smaller than the
last. But Ruth Ann Colonna, who has run the local paper for
almost sixty years, is determined to keep the past alive
with a special edition of The Brindle Times, to
celebrate the town's centennial. Photos, letters and
newspaper articles trace the town's inhabitants back to its
founding members. But the relics of the past hold more than
a record of marriages and deaths; they also hide a secret
too dark to acknowledge.
Todd Fielding needs a job, and the offer to provide her
computer expertise to The Brindle Times seems like
the perfect opportunity. The only downside to small-town
life is the potential for boredom, she suspects. But soon
after her arrival in Brindle, Todd realizes she was very
wrong. A young girl disappears... and no one in the town
appears particulary concerned.
Looking deeper into the story, Todd uncovers a shocking
fact; five other girls have "run away" from Brindle under
strange circumstances over the past twenty years--and no one
seems interested in finding them. With Ruth Ann's help, she
begins to understand the history of a town steeped in evil,
manipulation and cold-blooded murder. This town has cloaked
itself in secrecy far too long. And innocents are paying the
deadly price of silence.
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