The Night We Burned - by S F Kosa (Paperback)

About the Book

"When a bizarre murder puts Bend, Oregon in the national media spotlight, Dora Rodriguez, a fact-checker at an online news magazine, heads into town to support the journalist leading the investigation. He's convinced the murder has something to do with the Oracles of Innocence cult massacre that took place in the area twenty years earlier-especially when it's revealed that the victim was a survivor of the still-mysterious catastrophe. Dora is fiercely dedicated to hard facts and accuracy, but when the story veers too close to a past she's desperate to keep hidden, she's forced to bend the truth to protect herself...even as it becomes clear she is already in the killer's sights"--

Book Synopsis

A new psychological thriller from suspense powerhouse S.F. Kosa featuring a decades-old secret, a mysterious cult fire, and a woman looking to outrun the ashes of her past...until they come roaring back once more.

Dora is always aware of the line between fact and fiction. As a fact checker at an online magazine, her job depends on it. And as a woman outrunning her secrets, so does her life. But when a colleague decides to pursue a story about a murder in her hometown, one linked to a deadly fire at a cult compound twenty years prior, suddenly all of Dora's carefully spun deceptions are at risk.

And if she can't stop the story, her entire life is on the line.

As Dora works with her colleague, altering facts to hide her past along the way, she's thrown back into a world she tried desperately to leave behind. One of ritual and belonging, of danger and darkness. A world where two girls promised to help each other through...until it all went up in flames.

As her lies pile up, so do the murders. Until Dora realizes she won't be lucky enough to escape twice.

Review Quotes

"A stunning tour de force of a novel about how past crimes haunt us, reminiscent of The Girls and The Lovely Bones. Spellbinding, unsettling and not soon forgotten." -- Michele Campbell, internationally bestselling author of It's Always the Husband

"Explosive...Suspense fans will look forward to Kosa's next." -- Publishers Weekly

"Tense and unsettling, this captivating tale follows Dora, a newspaper fact-checker with dark secrets, as she desperately tries to outrun her past. With high stakes and a compelling protagonist, the story rockets towards its shocking conclusion, deftly exploring the line between fact and fiction and posing the question: do facts always matter? A wild and entertaining read." -- Christina McDonald, USA Today bestselling author

"This is beautiful, visceral writing that draws you right in. An original thriller with big questions at its heart." -- Cate Quinn, author of Black Widows