16-year-old Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp April morning in Frederick, Maryland. Her tragic story was a national obsession and the centerpiece of a controversial TV docu-series that followed her disappearance in real time. But is it possible that everyone missed the biggest secret of all? 10 years later, the people who knew Sara best are finally ready to talk. This genre-bending novel fashions an oral history around the seemingly familiar crime of a teenage girl gone missing. Sweren-Becker constructs a riveting tale about one family’s tragedy... and Hollywood’s insatiable desire to exploit that tragedy. By revealing the seedy underbelly of the True Crime entertainment machine, it probes literary territory beyond the bounds of the standard whodunit–it’s a thoughtful exploration into America’s obsession with the mysteries, cold cases, and violent tales we turn to for comfort.