Granite Harbor : A Novel

In scenic Granite Harbor, life has continued on—quiet and serene—for decades. That is until a
local teenager is found brutally murdered in the Settlement, the town’s historic archaeological
site. Alex Brangwen, adjusting to life as a single father with a failed career as a novelist, is the
town’s sole detective. This is his first murder case and, as both a parent and detective, Alex
knows the people of Granite Harbor are looking to him to catch the killer and temper the fear that
has descended over the town.

Isabel, a single mother attempting to support her family while healing from her own demons,
finds herself in the middle of the case when she begins working at the Settlement. Her son,
Ethan, and Alex’s daughter, Sophie, were best friends with the victim. When a second teenager
is found murdered, the body left in the same manner as the first victim, both parents are terrified
that their child may be next. As Alex and Isabel race to find the killer in their midst, the town’s
secrets—past and present—begin bubbling to the surface, threatening to unravel the tight-knit
community.

At once a page-turning thriller and a captivating portrait of the social fabric of a small town,
Granite Harbor evokes the atmosphere of HBO’s Mare of Easttown with a villain reminiscent of
Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs.