When sixteen-year-old Claire Bennett learns her twin sister Violet has been institutionalized at Cedarbrook State Center, she refuses to accept the neat explanations offered by family and friends. Determined to find Violet, Claire returns to Richmond Island, where decades of missing children, whispered legends, and the tangled history of a brutal state institution converge. Spanning years of investigation, grief, and survival, Beneath Cedarbrook Shadows is a tense, character-driven suspense novel about memory, institutional abuse, and the cost of uncovering long-buried truths. Elena Voss delivers a haunting portrait of a small community’s secrets and one woman’s relentless need for answers—without sensationalizing trauma and with sympathy for those who lived inside the system.
When sixteen-year-old Claire Bennett learns her twin sister Violet has been institutionalized at Cedarbrook State Center, she refuses to accept the neat explanations offered by family and friends. Determined to find Violet, Claire returns to Richmond Island, where decades of missing children, whi...