Everything Has Happened - by T Greenwood

Book Synopsis

A disappearance from the past echoes in the future in this ambitious and wrenching mystery, perfect for readers of The God of the Woods.

In 1986, a child disappears. Nearly forty years later, a tip-line rings.

It's been almost four decades since Edie Marshall's little brother, Charlie, vanished on his walk home from day camp. After the case went cold, Edie--who had once dreamed of pursuing a life beyond the confines of her small Vermont town--never left, her dreams disappearing right along with Charlie. In her fifties now, she teaches at her old high school and has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing mother.

When the long-dormant tip line set up for Charlie rings for the first time in years, Edie assumes it's a wrong number-but on the other end is Jericho Jenkins, the only person of interest ever identified in the investigation. Jericho believes he's found something of Charlie's on his property, and with this news, all the pain and uncertainty of that summer rushes back to Edie, including vivid memories of her best friend, Trill: their shared secrets and the devastating lie Edie told that could have changed everything.

Now Jericho is under suspicion again, Trill is coming home, and her mother's hope is renewed. Edie's in the same place with the same people as when Charlie first vanished, but somehow everything is different now, and maybe this time they can discover the truth.

Everything Has Happened is not only a compelling mystery of a missing child but a story of forbidden young love, a deeply moving novel for readers of Rebecca Makkai and Angie Kim.

Review Quotes

Praise for Everything Has Happened
"Everything Has Happened is a haunting, beautifully written coming-of-age story of love, loss and a decades old mystery. Equal parts suspenseful and evocative, Greenwood proves her talent as a writer. This book - and its characters - will stay with readers for a long, long time. A must read."
--Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing

"A gorgeously written literary mystery that brilliantly captures both the 1980s and modern day, Everything Has Happened grabbed me in the first sentence and didn't let go until the very end. Filled with rich, breathable characters, beautiful prose, and a driving secret at its heart -- I devoured this novel."
--Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools

About the Author

T. Greenwood is the Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of Bodies of Water and fifteen other novels. Two of her books have been Amazon Editor's Picks, and six have made the Indie Next list. Keeping Lucy was a Target Book Club book, and Rust & Stardust was a Library Reads selection. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She and her husband split their time between San Diego, CA, and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.