What Happened Next - by Edwin Hill (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.

What do I remember about the murder on the lake?

Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anything, really, about how events on the lake unfolded twenty-five years ago. He just knows what he's been told: that his father stabbed a man to death, left Charlie's mother critically wounded, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. Now Charlie believes there must be more to what happened.

Using the shards of the story he's uncovered so far as the heart of a true crime podcast, Charlie returns to his hometown in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Old friends, family, authorities, and even collateral victims have moved on, and no one wants to dredge up what's long forgotten. Except Charlie. He wants to know what could have transformed a quiet man into a monster. And what happened next.

But when Charlie starts asking questions of people with so much to hide, getting to the truth becomes dangerous. Because on this lake--in this family--the past isn't dead and buried at all. In fact, it's back with a vengeance.

Review Quotes

"Taut and intense, this novel is sure to set every reader who picks it up on edge...What Happened Next is certainly one of Hill's best works." --FirstCLUE

"Hill takes things in surprising and inspired directions, and populates the action with remarkably well-shaded characters. This is an absolute treat." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"What Happened Next is a sly, smart small-town mystery with an electric cast of characters, any of whom could be the culprit in murders past and present. Hill has created a fantastically twisty crime novel, elegantly written and full of genuine surprises. I hope we see more of Charlie Kilgore. I am a huge fan!" --J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Last Seen and A Very Bad Thing

"Dark secrets and long-buried lies collide in this gripping, twist-filled mystery." --Mary Burton, New York Times and Amazon bestselling author