Publication Date: December 3, 2024
“A fast-paced, exciting, missing persons thriller with a heart pounding twisty final third that I very much enjoyed. Katie Tallo is a big new talent.”—New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty
In this edge-of-your-seat thriller—the follow-up to the international bestselling Dark August and Poison Lilies—Gus Monet and her daughter embark on a perilous road trip to find a missing person.
When the love of her life disappeared on a camping trip, Gus Monet was devastated. Her daughter was only nine at the time, but young Bly still remembers the heartbreak vividly. Howard had been like a father to her. He was a journalist working on a story that took a dark and dangerous turn. The last time they saw him, he was going to meet a source he believed could blow the story wide open.
Three years later, shocked to see Howard’s obituary in the paper, Gus and Bly are drawn back to Prince Edward County where he was last seen and where the camper Howard was driving has been found. Sneaking into the camper, mother and daughter find what investigators missed. Hidden behind a secret panel are Howard’s notebook, cell phone, and a video message recorded right before he vanished, evidence that turns the cold case red hot. Searching for answers, Gus and Bly vow to follow the story Howard was pursuing and to expose whoever went to deadly lengths to stop him from revealing the truth.
Told in the compelling, thoughtful voice of young Bly, this edge-of-your-seat thriller ratchets up the tension, culminating in a heart-pounding, soul crushing, shocking finale. Infused with vivid summer imagery, set among eerie abandoned places, and steeped with sinister small-town secrets, Buried Road is the story of a young girl and a mother whose reckless resolve leads them ever closer to lethal danger—but ultimately might be what ensures their survival.
It’s been three years since her mother’s boyfriend, Howard, disappeared while they were at the beach, but Bly and Augusta haven’t given up hope.
That’s why the news Howard’s parents are holding a funeral for their presumed dead son reignites a fire under Gus. Determined to find answers, she and 12-year-old Bly return to Picton, Ontario.
Author Katie Tallo wraps up the trilogy that began in Dark August and Poison Lilies with Buried Road. Told in first-person from Bly’s perspective, this psychological thriller can be read as a standalone, but reading them in sequence offers needed perspective into Gus and her troubled character.
When the camper van Howard was last driving is found, Gus and Bly manage to find clues left behind by the journalist. Was he chasing a story that got him killed?
A complex web unfolds as secrets are revealed that put Gus and Bly in danger. It’s a race to a stunning conclusion.
Buried Road puts a young girl on the cusp of her teenage years in the spotlight as she and her mother seek answers.
Katie Tallo has been an award-winning screenwriter and director for more than three decades. After winning an international contest for unpublished fiction, she began writing novels, including Dark August and Poison Lilies. She has a daughter and lives with her husband in Ottawa, Ontario.
