River Road

From the award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages comes a gripping new thriller about a professor accused of the hit-and-run death of her student. Nan Lewis, a creative writing professor at a state university in upstate New York, is driving home from a faculty holiday party after learning she didn't receive tenure. On her way, she accidentally hits a deer but is unable to find it in the snow.

 Stranded at the bottom of her driveway due to the storm, Nan is startled the next morning by a police officer at her door. The officer informs her that her student, Leia Dawson, was killed in a hit-and-run on River Road the previous night and Nan is a suspect due to her car's damage. As Nan investigates, she realizes that not only is her own daughter's death linked to Leia's, but everyone around her has secrets to keep. Can Nan clear her name and uncover the truth before it's too late?