The Sound

From award-winning author Ruth McIver comes a thrilling mystery that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Erin Sloane, investigative journalist for Inside Island, a Long Island newspaper, rose to true-crime fame after her reporting on a decades-old case was adapted into a bestselling book. The book also inspired several spin-offs, including the successful podcast Eerie Island.

When Erin’s paper receives a tip about a crime strikingly similar to the kidnappings and murders that occurred decades earlier, her editor urges her to investigate. But the original case left Erin with post-traumatic stress that she has only recently begun to overcome. Not only did those crimes happen in her hometown, but her sister was one of the victims.

Reluctant to revisit the past, Erin ignores her editor’s pleas until a chance encounter with Justin Holden, creator of the Eerie Island podcast. Justin claims to have information about one of the missing victims from the original case—the body that was never found.

Unable to resist the possibility of finally closing the case, Erin and Justin plunge into a new investigation. What they uncover suggests the recent kidnappings may be far more closely connected to the original crimes than anyone imagined.