It is said the church takes care of its own. Josiah Cook is the face of the church his wife, Rachel, the backbone.

Lucy has just one long weekend to determine what happened in this secretive, tight-knit community strongly influenced by a church sect that shuns government interference. Eliza, from remote Knox Hollow, ID, has traveled far and asked for Lucy by name. In Seattle, FBI Special Agent Lucy Thorne looks at Eliza Cook, a seemingly delicate teen who just confessed to the stabbing murder of 12-year-old Noah Dawson. Labuskes skillfully ratchets up the suspense. As Lucy probes further, she realizes the town's citizens aren't who they seem, and she has no idea whom to trust. One of Eliza's best friends, Molly Thomas, has gone missing, and in the past other people, all members of the True Believers of Christ Church, have also disappeared. What Eliza discovers at Knox Hollow is more than just a simple murder. Lucy's superior gives her the weekend to see whether her instincts are correct. She wonders why Eliza traveled more than five hours to report the murder rather than inform local authorities. But something doesn't feel right to Lucy.

She tells Lucy the body's location and that alongside the victim is the knife that killed Noah and was used to carve a psalm into his skin. At the start of this cleverly plotted mystery from Labuskes (Girls of Glass), teenager Eliza Cook presents herself at Seattle FBI headquarters, asks for agent Lucy Thorne, and confesses to murdering 12-year-old Noah Dawson in Knox Hollow, Idaho.

Her Final Words by Brianna Labuskes