This lyrical, slow burn character study examines the haunting aftershocks of a murder that continues to resonate years after the killer has supposedly been brought to justice. The reader sees the death of one bright young woman through the eyes of strangers who are united by one terrible moment in time that changes the course of all of their lives in shocking, predictable, and tragic ways. Rather than grip the reader with thrilling moments or terrifying bad guys Pearson elects to drown us in an all too relatable grief that must surely grip anyone who survives a tragedy like this. This is a devastating, beautiful read.