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A mystery of remarkable scope, bristling with intelligence, beauty, and humanity. It is, quite simply: stunning. –Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl A stunning, achingly beautiful and gripping mystery. Full of page-turning suspense, intrigue, and secrets…I loved it. –Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark Delve into a thrilling novel where dark secrets and hidden agendas intertwine, keeping you on the edge of your seat with every twist and turn. -E! Online An Apple Books Best Debut of 2024 An overwhelmed new mother becomes obsessed with the unsolved disappearance of a young girl from her small Texas hometown–and unearths her own family s dark secret. It s 2011 and Deecie Jeffries s missing person s case in Austin, Texas, is still cold. New mom Bee, struggling with postpartum depression, is living in Portland, Maine, having left Austin-and those memories-far behind. Until Leo, her childhood crush and her estranged twin Gus s best friend, suddenly resurfaces, drawing Bee back into their shared past. Bee s predictable life is upended, pushing her to return to her childhood home and piece together a neighborhood s shattered history. Bee becomes consumed with a need to uncover the truth about Deecie s disappearance and what happened to the families who lived across the field from one another–Gus, Leo, and their mothers: Mary, a homemaker, whose only escape is the local community theater, and Diana, a serious academic dedicated to her studies. Told in multiple perspectives with two different timelines, The Undercurrent is a gripping portrait of motherhood, obsession, broken family bonds, and buried secrets.