"Parker Dillon can't win. Just as she's trying to start her journalism career, her aunt sells the website where she works, and the new owner is keen to replace employees with AI. But her luck seems to turn when she discovers an intriguing cold pitch buried in her aunt's files. Ann Mason claims she did something terrible and never got caught. She's also weirdly infatuated with a long-forgotten TV star. Desperate for a spectacular feature, Parker tracks Ann from Seattle to her home in Arizona. But as she interviews neighbors, coworkers, and friends, her quarry grows increasingly elusive, and her story turns deadlier than she ever imagined. Parker can't shake the feeling that she's the subject, not the author, of this macabre piece--the prey, not the hunter. The more she learns about Ann's obsessions and drives, the more it's like looking in a cracked mirror. And Parker's not sure she likes what she sees." --