Kate doesn’t want to spend one minute in the “Hicksville” her mother moved them to, much less the entire year she’s stuck here in the decaying house they inherited from her grandparents. She misses her boyfriend and sneaking out at night to make urban exploration videos for her growing YouTube channel.Zach, the boy who lives next door, tries to befriend Kate even though she ignores him. But when Kate discovers her estranged grandfather lives nearby, she wants to meet him despite the small-town rumours of his violent past, and takes Zach with her. That’s when they find the crevasse on her grandfather’s property and the skeletons hidden inside. That’s the day they find out Kate’s uncle and his friend went missing as teenagers.Instead of counting down the days until she can leave Hicksville, Kate and Zach start working together to solve the cold case that has silenced her mother for thirty-five years.- A teen girl tries to solve a missing children cold case that has, unknown to her, plagued her family for years.- Deals with the impact of familial trauma on various generations and the importance of truth to the healing process.- The concept of the book is appealing not only to young adult readers but also adults who listen to true crime and cold case podcasts – an increasingly popular genre.- Author has written five young adult novels and has lived in small, remote towns.- The mystery in the book is inspired by a true cold case – two boys went missing in Caledon in 1981 and were never found. The author was the same age as them at the time of their disappearance and frequently saw missing child posters for them throughout her life.