The Echoes: A Novel

As July 4, 1928 approaches, Sheriff Lily Ross and her family look forward to the opening of an amusement park in a nearby town, created by Chalmer Fitzpatrick—a veteran and lumber mill owner. When Lily is alerted to the possible drowning of a girl, she goes to investigate, and discovers schisms going back several generations, in an ongoing dispute over the land on which Fitzpatrick has built the park.

Lily's family life is soon rattled, too, with the revelation that before he died, her brother had a daughter, Esme, with a woman in France, and arrangements have been made for Esme to immigrate to the U.S. to live with them. But Esme never makes it to Kinship, and Lily discovers that she has been kidnapped. Not only that, but a young woman is indeed found murdered on Fitzgerald's land, at the same time that a baby is left on his doorstep.

As the two crimes interweave, Lily must confront the question of what makes family: can we trust those we love? And what do we share, and what do we keep secret?

Praise for Jess Montgomery and the Kinship series:

"Montgomery is a masterful storyteller." —Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize-Finalist The Bright Forever

"[A] fantastic choice for historical fiction fans."― Library Journal (starred)

"Beautifully plotted and filled with believable characters."― Associated Press

"Deeply felt . . . the feisty female protagonists do their real-life foremothers proud."― Publishers Weekly

"A beautifully written tour de force." —Linda Castillo, New York Times–bestselling author of Rage