Beneath the Surface

Maple Ridge is the kind of town that looks perfect on the outside. Quiet streets. White fences. Secrets buried deep. Seventeen-year-old Lily Green has lived here her whole life—and she's always known something was wrong. When a local girl is found dead in the ruins of the old greenhouse, the town calls it an accident. But Lily knows better. She's seen this before. Thirty years ago, another girl died. The case was never solved. The details were buried with her. Now, the past is bleeding into the present, and Lily is caught in the middle of a mystery no one wants her to solve. With her best friend by her side and a boy who may be hiding more than he's telling, Lily begins to unravel a dark history of betrayal, power, and murder. But some secrets were never meant to be uncovered—and someone will do anything to keep them buried. In Maple Ridge, the truth isn't just dangerous. It's deadly.