When Gracie McBride, the wild girl who left town eighteen years earlier, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shock waves through Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with his girlfriend, Pine County sheriff's deputy Darlene Esper. As they investigate, Gus and Darlene can't help but question if Gracie's troubled life really ended in suicide.

"Summertime in Bleak Harbor means tourists, overpriced restaurants, and the Dragonfly Festival. One day before the much-awaited and equally chaotic celebration, Danny Peters, the youngest member of the family that founded the town five generations ago, disappears. When Danny's mother, Carey, and stepfather, Pete, receive a photo of their brilliant, autistic, and socially withdrawn son tied to a chair, they fear the worst. But there's also more to...

Pericles 'Perry' Christo is a P.I. with a past. A one-time NYPD homicide cop, Perry has been struggling since he lost his badge, and his marriage, in a notorious corruption scandal. So when wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla calls him one cold February night, he jumps at the chance to work what seems to be a straightforward (and lucrative) case.