St. Martin's Press
September 2017
On Sale: August 22, 2017
Featuring: Miranda Rader
352 pages ISBN: 1250083656 EAN: 9781250083654 Kindle: B01MRBH6A5 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
From the New York Times bestselling author of Justice for Sara and The First Wife Erica Spindler comes The Other Girl, a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought sheโd put behind her.
A horrific crime. One witnessโa fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of the tracks, one known for lying and her own brushes with the law.
Is it any surprise no one believed her?
Officer Miranda Rader of the Harmony, Louisiana PD is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisisโbut that wasnโt always so. Miranda comes from the town of Jasper, a place about the size of a good spit on a hot day, and her side of the tracks was the wrong one. Sheโs worked hard to earn the respect of her coworkers and the community.
When Miranda and her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the townโs most beloved college professors, theyโre unprepared for the brutality of the scene. This murder is unlike any theyโve ever investigated, and just when Miranda thinks sheโs seen the worst of it, she finds a piece of evidence that chills her to the core: a faded newspaper clipping about that terrible night fifteen years ago. The night sheโd buried, along with her past and the girl sheโd been back then. Until now that grave had stayed sealedโฆexcept for those times, in the deepest part of the night, when the nightmares came: of a crime no one believed happened and the screams of the girl they believed didnโt exist.
Then another man turns up dead, this one a retired cop. Not just any copโthe one who took her statement that night. Two murders, two very different men, two killings that on the surface had nothing in commonโexcept Miranda.
© 2003-2026