Fans of Maggie Stiefvater and the hit television show True Blood will flock to this first book in the supernatural mystery series set in a town where werewolves live in plain sight. Mackenzie Dobson's life has been turned upside down since she vowed to hunt her best friend Amy's killer: a white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country, and bloodlust is not easy to control. But it soon becomes clear that dangerous secrets are lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, Mac's hometown—and she is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her in grave danger. Kathleen Peacock's thrilling debut novel provides readers with a mystery that Kimberly Derting, author of The Body Finder, calls "clever and frightening," while Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of Firelight, raves: "Forget every werewolf book you've ever read. This one breaks the mold."

A teen with an unusual gift is enmeshed in a small-town mystery. Mary Catherine “Cat” Montgomery is spending her summer in exile after a disastrous incident with her closest friend, Lacey, leaves her isolated and humiliated. The 17-year-old New Yorker will stay with her Aunt Jet in Montgomery Falls, a tiny Canadian town where her family once owned a successful mill, while her screenwriter father is in California. Cat hasn’t been here in five years, after she and her childhood best friend, Riley, discovered the dead body of a young woman—as well as Cat’s ability to sense things about others she couldn’t know otherwise just by touching their skin. When Cat arrives in Montgomery Falls, she learns that Riley—whom she hasn’t spoken to since that long-ago summer—is now missing. Cat quickly falls in with Jet’s charismatic 18-year-old boarder, Aidan, and his group of cinephile friends, but when Riley’s disappearance is followed by another teen’s near death, Cat must call upon the psychic skill that has thus far complicated her life. Peacock crafts a multilayered story chock-full of conflicts with family and friends that many teens will relate to and a chilling mystery that will keep readers guessing. Most characters are assumed White. A page-turner of a thriller with a smart, compelling heroine.