The Dead Won't Tell

VERDICT: Waterss first novel is an engrossing mix of small-town lack of privacy, quirky friendships, feisty women, and several plot twists that truly do surprise . . . Library Journal The Dead Wont Tell is a remarkable and impressive debut. Kris Calvin, award-winning author of Under A Broken Sky No secret is buried deep enough. When Abbie Adams, a historian-turned-journalist, is hired to investigate a cold-case murder from 1969, she jumps at the chance. But soon after she begins researching the case, she realizes that Frank Wexler, the faculty advisor who tanked her thesis and a member of a powerful family in town, is connected to the crime and is definitely not talking. As Abbie tracks down the remaining living witnesses, she slowly pieces together the events of that fateful night, and yet is not a single step closer to solving the case. Were the police back then told to stand down? To cover up the crime? When her witnesses suddenly wind up dead, it becomes clear that Abbie has stumbled upon a sensitive truth that threatens to tear the fabric of the southern town apart. The killer could still be out there, and now he could be hunting her. For fans who enjoy Melinda Leighs Drown Her Sorrows, A Flicker in the Dark by Stacey Willingham, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James, and All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers.