So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Twenty years earlier - on New Year's Eve 1999 - Sebastian's first wife and teenaged son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian's life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth. And when a corpse appears in the Trapp's koi pond - the past isn't gone it's just waiting. Author of "The Woman in the Window." Print run 300,000.