We Are All the Same in the Dark

Ten years ago, Trumanell Branson disappeared without a trace—leaving only a bloody handprint on the doorframe. The townspeople are certain her older brother, Wyatt, is guilty, though the police have never been able to prove it. One day, by the roadside near a field, he finds a teenage girl: she says not a word, and a pink glitter scarf is tied around her neck, covering an empty eye socket. The girl “carefully laid a circle of dandelions around herself, as in fairy tales—so as to protect herself from evil spirits,” and she is clearly terrified of someone—and in mortal danger. Odette Tucker, the youngest officer at the local police department, is sure she can help the girl, dubbed Angel, and finally uncover the truth about the night Trumanell—her childhood friend—vanished. A night after which everything went differently…

For the first time in Russian—a new psychological thriller by Julia Heiberlin, author of international bestsellers translated into 20 languages. Based on the novel, Sister Pictures is already developing a TV series adaptation.