River Road

About the book

From the bestselling writer of The Lake of Dead Languages comes a book that Tess Gerritsen calls "a compelling story with twists and turns filled with emotion" about a professor who is accused of causing the death of her student in a hit-and-run accident.

Nan Lewis, a professor of creative writing at a college in upstate New York, is on her way home from a faculty party when she hits a deer. However, when she steps out of her car to check on the deer, it has vanished. Stranded at the foot of her snowy driveway due to an approaching snowstorm, Nan must leave her car and brave the longest night of the year.

The next day, a police officer knocks on Nan's door and delivers devastating news - one of her students, Leia Dawson, was killed in a hit-and-run on River Road the previous night, and Nan is a suspect because of the damage to her car. As the days pass, Nan finds herself ostracized by the same community that supported her after her own daughter died in a similar accident six years earlier. Finding eerie reminders of her daughter's death, Nan suspects a connection between the two tragedies.

Determined to clear her name and uncover the truth behind Leia's death before her life is ruined, Nan delves into a world filled with secrets hidden by everyone around her, including Leia. Can she unravel the mystery and find out who is truly responsible for Leia's death?