shadows in the quiet

<p>Ridgewood isn&rsquo;t the kind of place where people go missing. It&rsquo;s quiet safe&mdash;the kind of town where neighbors smile and secrets stay buried.</p><p>But when Mia Carter doesn&rsquo;t come home one night everything changes.</p><p>Detective Clara Holden has seen enough to know that disappearances like this rarely have simple explanations. As she starts digging she realizes Mia&rsquo;s case is just the tip of something much darker. The deeper she goes the more she uncovers&mdash;old secrets buried fears and a town that isn&rsquo;t as innocent as it pretends to be.</p><p>Clara&rsquo;s father the former police chief once warned her: There are things in this town better left alone. But it&rsquo;s too late for that now. Because Mia isn&rsquo;t just another missing person. She&rsquo;s a thread in a web Clara never meant to stumble into.</p><p>And once the truth starts unraveling there&rsquo;s no going back.</p><p>The Quiet Before the Storm is a gripping mystery about the secrets that hide in plain sight the cost of uncovering the truth and the darkness that lingers even in the safest of places.</p>